noncombatant
noun
non·com·bat·ant
ˌnän-kəm-ˈba-tᵊnt 
also
ˌnän-ˈkäm-bə-tənt
: one that does not engage in combat: such as
a
: a member (such as a chaplain) of the armed forces whose duties do not include fighting
b
: civilian
noncombatant
adjective
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The 25-year-old West Point graduate was a noncombatant, attached to Harney’s expedition as a mapmaker and topographer.
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Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
More than two thousand have died and some ten thousand have been injured, many of them noncombatants.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Those images are contrasted with two videos of drag queens, plus a clip of Dr. Levine — who is currently Assistant Secretary for Health and an admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (which is not part of the Department of Defense and is only comprised of noncombatants).
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
The room is not just for veterans, but for noncombatants, too, caught up in the tragedy of war.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
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Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
More than two thousand have died and some ten thousand have been injured, many of them noncombatants.
—Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Those images are contrasted with two videos of drag queens, plus a clip of Dr. Levine — who is currently Assistant Secretary for Health and an admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (which is not part of the Department of Defense and is only comprised of noncombatants).
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
The room is not just for veterans, but for noncombatants, too, caught up in the tragedy of war.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Noncombatant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncombatant. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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