a person or group involved in fighting in a war or battle 参战者;战斗人员;战士 He was involved in the war, but not as a combatant. 他参与了那次战争,但不是以战士的身份。
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective used in heraldry to describe two lions facing one another with raised forepaws): from Old French, present participle of combatre ‘to fight’, from late Latin combattere, from com- ‘together with’ + battere, variant of Latin batuere ‘to fight’.