combattant en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English combattant, from Middle French combattant. Doublet of combatant.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In fighting position; said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
VISCOUNT LORTON bears gu., two lions combattant, supporting a dexter hand.
1892, Charles Boutell, Heraldry, Ancient and Modern: Including Boutell's Heraldry, page 81: