noncombatant

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
adjective used of civilians in time of war
adjective member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon

From non- + combatant.

He shared the indignation of his troops at the barbarous conduct of the peasantry, but throughout the war he always tried to carry on hostilities so as to inflict as little loss and suffering as possible upon noncombatants. — The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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