/keuhm bat"nt, kom"beuh teuhnt, kum"-/ , n.
1. a nation engaged in active fighting with enemy forces.
2. a person or group that fights.
adj.
3. combating; fighting: the combatant armies.
4. disposed to combat; combative.
[ 1425-75; late ME combataunt combatant. See COMBAT, -ANT ]