Usually means: Opponent engaged in armed conflict.
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  1. enemy combatant: Wiktionary
  2. Enemy Combatant (book), Enemy Combatant, Enemy combatant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. enemy combatant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. enemy combatant: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. enemy combatant: Legal dictionary

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  1. enemy combatant: Urban Dictionary

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  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (enemy combatant)

noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see enemy, combatant.
noun:  (US, military) Any person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.

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