Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enemy combatant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: en-e-my -com-bat-ant
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enemy, combatant.

noun

Any person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

enemy combatants (plural)

Synonyms

EC

Questions

What does enemy combatant mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enemy, combatant.

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