Definitions for noncombatant

noncombatant non·com·bat·ant

Spelling: [non-kuh m-bat-nt, non-kom-buh-tnt]
IPA: /ˌnɒn kəmˈbæt nt, nɒnˈkɒm bə tnt/

Noncombatant is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in noncombatant (aabcmnnnoott).

Definitions for noncombatant

noun

  1. a person connected with a military force in some capacity other than that of a fighter, as a surgeon or chaplain.
  2. a person who is not directly involved in combat; a civilian in wartime.

adjective

  1. not constituting, designed for, or engaged in combat.

Origin of noncombatant

First recorded in 1805-15; non- + combatant

Examples for noncombatant

Hence Germany could apparently sink vessels with impunity so long as the noncombatant victims belonged to other nationalities.

He issued a series of silly general orders making war on the noncombatant population of Virginia within his line.

The Royal Engineers are the men who are looked on in training as a noncombatant force, with safe jobs.

Though limited to a noncombatant role, the Marines arrived in Guatemala fully armed.

Jason Russell, an invalid and a noncombatant, was barbarously butchered in his own house.

Naturally he would have been denied permission to go forward during an engagement—that was no time nor place for a noncombatant.

Word Value for noncombatant
Scrable

18

Words with friends

24

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