Com"bat*ant (?), a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
Contending; disposed to contend.
B. Jonson.
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Com"bat*ant, n. [F. combattant.]
One who engages in combat.
"The mighty
combatants."
Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original combatants.
Macaulay
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