Word.ws English Dictionary

non-combatant

non-combatant noun: a non-fighting member of the armed forces.

Noun

non-combatant (plural non-combatants)

  1. A non-fighting member of the armed forces.
  2. A civilian in time of conflict.

non-combatant meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

non-combatant in Tamil

போரிடாத துறையைச் சார்ந்தவர்

non-combatant in Malayalam

non-fighting, non-participating, civilian
യുദ്ധംചയ്യാത്ത, യുദ്ധം ചെയ്യാത്ത, പടയിൽ ചേരാത്ത, യുദ്ധത്തിലേർപ്പെടാത്ത, യുദ്ധത്തിൽ പങ്കെടുക്കാത്ത, സെെനിക വൃത്തിയിലേർപ്പെട്ടിട്ടില്ലാത്ത

non-combatant in Kannada

ಕಾಳಗದಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ

Forms of non-combatant

pluralnon-combatants
alternative formnoncombatant

Origin of non-combatant

From non- + combatant.

Questions about non-combatant

What does non-combatant mean?
Non-combatant means a non-fighting member of the armed forces.
What is non-combatant in Tamil?
Non-combatant in Tamil is போரிடாத துறையைச் சார்ந்தவர். See Non-combatant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is non-combatant?
Non-combatant is a noun.
What is the plural of non-combatant?
The plural of non-combatant is non-combatants.

Words near non-combatant in the dictionary

  1. non-coding DNAs
  2. non-coding RNA
  3. non-coding RNAs
  4. non-colloquially
  5. non-com
  6. non-combatant
  7. non-combatants
  8. non-combustibility
  9. non-combustible
  10. non-coming
  11. non-comings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: non-combatant (page history and authors); non-combatant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); non-combatant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); non-combatant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “non-combatant.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/non-combatant. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.