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Definition of Noncombatants
1. noncombatant [n] - See also: noncombatant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Noncombatants
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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