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combatworthy

combatworthy adjective: worthy, ready, or fit for combat; fightworthy.

Adjective

combatworthy (comparative more combatworthy, superlative most combatworthy)

  1. Worthy, ready, or fit for combat; fightworthy.
    • "Their Buships does not consider it combatworthy."2005, John Ringo, Against the Tide
    • In March 1937 the regime called up reemplazos from 1927 onward and mobilized combatworthy males in the Nationalist zone between the ages twenty-one and thirty-one.2011, Stanley G. Payne, The Franco Regime, 1936-1975 - Page 135

Forms of combatworthy

comparativemore combatworthy
superlativemost combatworthy

Origin of combatworthy

From combat + -worthy.

Questions about combatworthy

What does combatworthy mean?
Combatworthy means worthy, ready, or fit for combat; fightworthy.
What part of speech is combatworthy?
Combatworthy is an adjective.

Words near combatworthy in the dictionary

  1. combativity
  2. combats
  3. combattant
  4. combatted
  5. combatting
  6. combatworthy
  7. combava
  8. combavas
  9. combe
  10. Combe Florey
  11. Combe Hay

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