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# enemy combatant

noun phrase (an enemy combatant, enemy combatants)

«enemy combatant» in the English dictionary: in the primary school — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In the primary school

Source: Mova's pupils' dictionary. Licence: [Elamur Cosmic License](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/LICENSE/). Reviewed: the dictionary the pupils of Mova's primary school read; its examples quote the lessons and public-domain tales. Ships with Mova.

### Meaning

1. (official, US, euphemism) a person captured in a war or conflict, kept without the full rights of a prisoner of war.
2. (general) a fighter on the enemy side.

### In the lessons

An official US term criticised for avoiding the protections of the laws of war; formal, politics and news.

### Examples

- The government held him as an enemy combatant.
- Lawyers argued he was not an enemy combatant.
- The term «enemy combatant» was used to deny rights.
- The court ruled on the rights of enemy combatants.
- Soldiers must treat enemy combatants according to law.
- The history lesson discussed enemy combatants.

### Note

It often hides «prisoner without normal rights». Not just «soldier».