noncombatant
noun
1 noncombatant
A member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon).
adjective
1 noncombatant
Used of civilians in time of war.
2 noncombatant
Member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon.
Moby thesaurus: citizen, civilian, conciliatory, dovish, irenic, nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, nonmilitant, nonresistant, nonresister, nonviolent, pacific, pacifist, pacifistic, peace-loving, peaceable, unbellicose, uncontentious, unhostile, unmilitant ... show more.
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