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- a person engaged in fighting during a war战斗人员。
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- a nation at war with another参战国; 交战国。
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- a person engaged in conflict or competition with another参与斗争者; 竞争者。
- engaged in fighting during a war作战的; 战斗的：
all the combatant armies went to war with machine guns.
所有的战斗部队都带着机关枪投入战斗。
词源
late Middle English (as an adjective used in heraldry to describe two lions facing one another with raised forepaws)： from Old French, present participle of combatre 'to fight' （see COMBAT）.