non-belligerent

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ belligerent.

Adjective

non-belligerent (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of nonbelligerent

Noun

non-belligerent (plural non-belligerents)

1. Alternative form of nonbelligerent
   • 1943 March and April, "Mercury", “U.S.A. Express Train Services in 1942”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:

     While the United States remained a non-belligerent speeds continued unimpaired, despite the increasingly dense occupation of main-line tracks, but the entry of the U.S.A. into the war in December, 1941, made its effect felt almost immediately.

References

• “non-belligerent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.