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combatiente

combatant

noun kohm-bah-TYEN-teh Rare
People & Society Military

Also means

fighter

Usage Note

Combatiente is a common-gender noun — el combatiente / la combatiente — referring to a person actively engaged in armed combat. It appears in legal and historical contexts: combatiente ilegal ('unlawful combatant') is a key term in international humanitarian law. The related verb is combatir (to fight, to combat).

Examples

"Los combatientes depusieron las armas al amanecer."

Natural Translation

The combatants laid down their arms at dawn.

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