noncombatant
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6.8
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˈkɒmbətənt/
:
no combatiente
- A few Mennonites went into the army, mostly as noncombatants.
- noncombatants and combatants
- immunity for noncombatants
- deliberate attack on noncombatants
Examples
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As luck would have it, I was sent to Vietnam in 1970 as a noncombatant.
Academic text (2000) -
The organization focuses on protecting noncombatants who are affected by war, including children and the elderly.
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If he walked away, it could cost the lives of noncombatants.
Fiction book (2000) -
Discrimination: noncombatants must not be the target of attack.
Academic text (2003) -
However, more than 70 percent of the people targeted are noncombatants, including women and children.
Academic text (1995) -
Some twelve thousand American Adventists served during World War II as noncombatants in medical branches of the services.
Academic text (1998) -
While legal efforts have generally fallen short, growing moral opinion emphasizes the protection of noncombatants.
Academic text (1993) -
Part of the reason the attacks of September 11, 2001, provoked global outrage was that the victims were noncombatants.
Academic text (2005) -
Mission: Evacuation of 281 noncombatants from the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Academic text (1996) -
During the conflict, many noncombatants, such as medics and chaplains, provided essential support to the troops.
Antonyms
How Involved
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6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Noncombatant is made of non- meaning 'not', combat meaning 'fight', and -ant which makes a person. So a noncombatant is a person 'not fighting', for example a medic or chaplain who helps soldiers.