Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the armed forces, such as a chaplain or surgeon, whose duties lie outside combat.
- noun A civilian in wartime, especially one in a war zone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is connected with a military or naval force in some other capacity than that of a fighter, as surgeons and their assistants, chaplains, members of the commissariat department, etc.
- noun A civilian in time of war.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.) Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.
- noun A person not attached to a military unit, or not participating in the military activities of a war; a civilian.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A non-fighting member of the
armed forces - noun A
civilian in time of conflict
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective used of civilians in time of war
- adjective member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon
- noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
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Examples
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"the term noncombatant is interpreted to include, in addition to civilians, read US military personnel who at the time of the incident are unarmed and/or not on duty."
Monday, October 31, 2005 As'ad 2005
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While the vast majority of contractor personnel were involved in noncombatant logistics tasks, DOD estimated there were over 20,000 armed contractors in Iraq during 2007.
David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010
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While the vast majority of contractor personnel were involved in noncombatant logistics tasks, DOD estimated there were over 20,000 armed contractors in Iraq during 2007.
David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010
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While the vast majority of contractor personnel were involved in noncombatant logistics tasks, DOD estimated there were over 20,000 armed contractors in Iraq during 2007.
David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010
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While the vast majority of contractor personnel were involved in noncombatant logistics tasks, DOD estimated there were over 20,000 armed contractors in Iraq during 2007.
David Isenberg: Sergio Leone on PMC David Isenberg 2010
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But Tony, putting this military planning team on the ground at the Embassy is pretty typical of the next step in what the military calls a noncombatant evacuation.
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I wasn't there to fight, but I hadn't been in country a week when I learned that the word "noncombatant" didn't mean much where I was posted, fifty miles south of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that then divided South Vietnam from North.
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The same process for combat operations is sometimes needed during non war-related missions, such as noncombatant evacuation operations, humanitarian assistance missions and any contingency operations that may require an amphibious landing, he said.
unknown title 2009
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[The] term "noncombatant" is interpreted to include, in addition to civilians, military personnel who at the time of the incident are unarmed and / or not on duty. "
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A new U.N. survey has found that last year was the most lethal for Afghan civilians since 2001, with the Taliban causing a majority of noncombatant deaths.
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