non-combatant
noun[C]
(USalsononcombatant)uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.bə.tənt/us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.bə.t̬ənt/aperson,especiallyin thearmedforces, who does notfightin awar, forexampleapriestor adoctor
(尤指军队中的)非战斗人员Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- anti-guerrilla
- Anzac
- berserker
- capability
- cavalryman
- combat engineer
- comrade
- conqueror
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- foot soldier
- headhunter
- raider
- recruit
- scout
- shogun
- skirmisher
- soldier of fortune
- squaddie
- vassal
non-combatant
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.bə.tənt/us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.bə.t̬ənt/relatingto anon-combatant:
non-combatanttroops/ships
About 100,000 non-combatantciviliansdiedin thatbattle.
- The onlycertainnon-combatantrolein theforceswas in theRoyalArmyChaplains' Corps.
- About 850 women areofficers, three of whom alreadycommandnon-combatantships.
- Thecountryhasofferedtroopson a non-combatantbasis.
Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- artillery
- battalion
- bomb disposal
- bomb disposal unit
- bomb squad
- cadre
- Coast Guardsman
- corps
- Cossack
- detachment
- paratroops
- patrol
- rearguard
- seal
- squad
- squadron
- the Coast Guard
- the Marine Corps
- troop
- WRAC