COMBATANT

combatant (k[schwa]m-bat-[schwa]nt orkom-b[schwa]-t[schwa]nt).Int’l law. A person who participates directly in hostilities. • “Legitimate” combatants are members of the armed forces or uniformed members of a militia or volunteer corps, under military command and subject to the laws of war. Cf. NON-COMBATANT. enemy combatant (k[schwa]m-bat-[schwa]nt). A combatant captured and detained while serving in a hostile force […]