rare. Also combatter. [f. COMBAT v. + -ER. OF. has combatère, in regimen combateor.] One who combats, a combatant.
1598. Florio, Combattitore, a fighter, a combater.
1605. Verstegan, Dec. Intell., 14 (R.). Combatters or fighters for victory.
1615. W. Hull, Mirr. Maiestie, 115. We would bee conquerours, that never were combaters.
1848. P. B. St. John, in Tait’s Mag., XV. 239/1. The hired combatter is but one reduced to a sad and brutal necessity to get his living.
