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Noncombatant   /nˌɑnkəmbˈætənt/   Listen
Noncombatant

noun
1.
A member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon).





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"Noncombatant" Quotes from Famous Books



... that sense I am quite prepared to treat the sacrifice of beer in the same way as the sacrifice of blood. But is my American critic really ready to treat the sacrifice of blood in the same way as the sacrifice of beer? Is bloodshed to be as prolonged and protracted as Prohibition? Is the normal noncombatant to shed his gore as often as he misses his drink? I can imagine people submitting to a special regulation, as I can imagine them serving in a particular war. I do indeed despise the political knavery that deliberately ...
— What I Saw in America • G. K. Chesterton


Words linked to "Noncombatant" :   civilian, military man, military, military personnel, man, serviceman


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