combatant
noun /ˈkɒmbətənt/
/kəmˈbætnt/
- a person or group involved in fighting in a war or battle
参战者；战斗人员；战士 - He was involved in the war, but not as a combatant.
他参与了那次战争，但不是以战士的身份。
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’, from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’. - He was involved in the war, but not as a combatant.