cumbatant

Old French

Alternative forms

• combatant
• combataunt

Etymology

From the verb cumbatre.

Noun

cumbatant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular cumbatante)

1. (Anglo-Norman) fighting; that fights; warrior (attributively).
   • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland:

     Li emperere est ber e cumbatant

     The emperor is a baron and a fighter

Verb

cumbatant

1. present participle of cumbatre

Descendants

• English: combattant
• French: combattant