Definition of combat

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Combat (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

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Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Fresh :: Fresh (superl) Renewed in vigor, alacrity, or readiness for action; as, fresh for a combat; hence, tending to renew in vigor; rather strong; cool or brisk; as, a fresh wind..
Melee :: Melee (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
Purgation :: Purgation (n.) The clearing of one's self from a crime of which one was publicly suspected and accused. It was either canonical, which was prescribed by the canon law, the form whereof used in the spiritual court was, that the person suspected take his oath that he was clear of the matter objected against him, and bring his honest neighbors with him to make oath that they believes he swore truly; or vulgar, which was by fire or water ordeal, or by combat. See Ordeal..
Soldier :: Soldier (n.) One who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army; one of an organized body of combatants.
Battailant :: Battailant (n.) A combatant.
Duelist :: Duelist (n.) One who fights in single combat.
Spat :: Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..
Duel :: Duel (v. i. & t.) To fight in single combat.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) In the English naval service, the second rank attained by a combatant officer after a term of service as naval cadet. Having served three and a half years in this rank, and passed an examination, he is eligible to promotion to the rank of lieutenant..
Boxing :: Boxing (n.) The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring.
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
Exploit :: Exploit (n.) Combat; war.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Combatant :: Combatant (a.) Contending; disposed to contend.
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
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