noncombatant
noun[C]
(alsonon-combatant);(UKnon-combatant)us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.bə.t̬ənt/uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.bə.tənt/aperson,especiallyin thearmedforces, who does notfightin awar, forexampleapriestor adoctor
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- anti-guerrilla
- Anzac
- berserker
- cavalryman
- combat engineer
- comrade
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- foot soldier
- headhunter
- irregular
- paramilitary
- raider
- recruit
- scout
- shogun
- skirmisher
- soldier of fortune
- squaddie
- vassal
noncombatant
adjective[before noun]
us/ˌnɑːnˈkɑːm.bə.t̬ənt/uk/ˌnɒnˈkɒm.bə.tənt/relatingto anoncombatant:
noncombatanttroops/ships
About 100,000 noncombatantciviliansdiedin thatbattle.
- The onlycertainnon-combatantrolein theforceswas in the Chaplains' Corps.
- About 850 women areofficers, three of whom alreadycommandnoncombatantships.
- Thecountryhasofferedtroopson a noncombatantbasis.
Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- battalion
- bomb disposal
- bomb squad
- cadre
- Coast Guardsman
- corps
- Cossack
- detachment
- Guards
- militia
- non-combatant
- paratroops
- patrol
- rearguard
- squad
- squadron
- the Coast Guard
- the Marine Corps
- troop
- WRAC