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battailant

battailant adjective: prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.

Adjective

battailant (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
    • An Elephant[…]That on his backe did beare (as batteilant)
      A gilden towre.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

Noun

battailant (plural battailants)

  1. (obsolete) A combatant.
    • he presently thought that he was dead, and that those battaillants that fought so eagerly in the Room, had slain him1612–1620, [Miguel de Cervantes], translated by Thomas Shelton, The History of the Valorous and Wittie Knight-errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. […], London: […] William Stansby, for Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of battailant

pluralbattailants

Origin of battailant

From French bataillant, present participle. See battle.

Questions about battailant

What does battailant mean?
Battailant means prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
What part of speech is battailant?
Battailant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near battailant in the dictionary

  1. batta
  2. Battabara
  3. battable
  4. Battaglia
  5. Battaglias
  6. battailant
  7. battailants
  8. battaile
  9. battailes
  10. battailous
  11. Battak

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