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noncombatant
[ non-kuhm-bat-nt, non-kom-buh-tnt ]
noun
- a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
- a person who is not directly involved in combat; a civilian in wartime.
adjective
- not constituting, designed for, or engaged in combat.
noncombatant
/ ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt /
noun
- a civilian in time of war
- a member of the armed forces whose duties do not include fighting, such as a chaplain or surgeon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of noncombatant1
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Example Sentences
The individual also discussed the need to evacuate noncombatants and wounded to medical care.
Though limited to a noncombatant role, the Marines arrived in Guatemala fully armed.
And the intrepid noncombatant carried on either arm a big basket of a type well known to our American fighters.
Naturally he would have been denied permission to go forward during an engagement—that was no time nor place for a noncombatant.
Jason Russell, an invalid and a noncombatant, was barbarously butchered in his own house.
He issued a series of silly general orders making war on the noncombatant population of Virginia within his line.
The Royal Engineers are the men who are looked on in training as a noncombatant force, with safe jobs.
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