Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contractor combatant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables
con-trac-tor -com-bat-ant
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A civilian in a war zone who performs the tasks of an armed soldier under the Geneva Convention.

American usage

Etymology

Author and United States Department of Defense (DoD) contractor Carter Andress coined the term “contractor combatant” in his book about the Iraq War titled Contractor Combatants: Tales of an Imbedded Capitalist.

Usage

Inflected Forms

contractor combatants (plural)

Questions

What does contractor combatant mean?
A civilian in a war zone who performs the tasks of an armed soldier under the Geneva Convention.
Where does contractor combatant come from?
Author and United States Department of Defense (DoD) contractor Carter Andress coined the term “contractor combatant” in his book about the Iraq War titled Contractor Combatants: Tales of an Imbedded Capitalist.

How to pronounce contractor combatant

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “contractor combatant”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “contractor combatant”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “contractor combatant” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.