noncombatant
(adjective) member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon
noncombatant
(adjective) used of civilians in time of war
noncombatant
(noun) a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
noncombatant (plural noncombatants)
Alternative form of non-combatant
Source: Wiktionary
Non*com"bat*ant, n. (Mil.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
