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COMBATTANT

Definition: COMBATTANT

COMBATTANT

Adjective

1. In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Combattant \Com`bat`tant"\, adjective. [French expression]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: COMBATTANT

Non-English Usage: "COMBATTANT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (aggressive, agonizing, champion, cobat, combatant, fighter, fighting, ruff, striver, struggler).

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Modern Usage: COMBATTANT

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Le Chemin du combattant (1983)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: COMBATTANT

DomainTitle

Books

  • Guérin, chancelier de Philippe-Auguste, 1157-1227 : combattant en Terre sainte, conseiller du roi et Garde du sceau, organisateur de la victoire de Bouvines, évêque de Senlis, chancelier de France (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: COMBATTANT

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L'Oeuvre de Gustave Téry publie 'Le Feu' notes d'un combattant par Henri Barbusse. Credit: Library of Congress.

L'Oeuvre de Gustave Téry publie 'Le Feu' notes d'un combattant par Henri Barbusse. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: COMBATTANT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

carte combattant du

3

ancien combattant

2

combattant croix du

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: COMBATTANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-m-n-o-t-t-t"

-1 letter: combatant.

-3 letters: boatman, catboat.

-4 letters: anatto, bantam, batman, cabman, combat, octant, tambac, tombac, tomcat.

-5 letters: aboma, atman, bacon, banco, baton, canto, cotan, cotta, macon, manat, manta, octan, tanto, toman.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COMBATTANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4D 42 41 54 54 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    ---    --    -...    .-    -    -    .-    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001101 01000010 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#77 &#66 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004D 0042 0041 0054 0054 0041 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37494736355454354854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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