Definition of Noncombatants

1. Noun. (plural of noncombatant) ¹

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Definition of Noncombatants

1. noncombatant [n] - See also: noncombatant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Noncombatants

noncollision
noncollisions
noncolloidal
noncolonial
noncolonic
noncolor
noncolored
noncolorfast
noncolorful
noncolors
noncolumnar
noncolumned
noncom
noncombat
noncombatant
noncombatants (current term)
noncombative
noncombatively
noncombination
noncombinative
noncombinatorial
noncombined
noncombining
noncombustibility
noncombustible
noncomedic
noncomedies
noncomedogenic
noncomedy
noncomic

Literary usage of Noncombatants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1922)
"noncombatants noncombatants include those who do not participate in the hostilities. In practice this status is generally conceded to women, children, ..."

2. The War in Europe: Its Causes and Results by Albert Bushnell Hart (1914)
"NON COMBATANTS The same thing is true in general with regard to the treatment of noncombatants, except that the feeling between the civil population of an ..."

3. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"Common Article 3 and the Protection of noncombatants Article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions has been called a convention within a convention. ..."

4. School Civics: An Outline Study of the Origin and Development of Government by Frank David Boynton (1919)
"In conducting a siege the property and persons of noncombatants cannot be so readily safeguarded as in other cases. The law does not permit the bombardment ..."

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