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What is a non-combatant?

What is a non-combatant? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A non-fighting member of the armed forces.
  2. A civilian in time of conflict.
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Some groups, like the Christadelphians, confined themselves to a specific objection to bearing arms, and agreed to accept non-combatant service.
We very much regret the civilian non-combatant deaths and casualties there, and we send our condolences to the victims.
Their contempt for human life and disregard for the principle of non-combatant immunity stem not from despair and anger, but from nihilism.
The doctor was to go, as a matter of course, but he was to be a non-combatant.
But Broyles is too good here, and admits that women too feel the pull of war by being exposed to it, even as a non-combatant.
Airwars has found at least 459 non-combatant deaths, including 100 children, from 52 airstrikes.

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