Combatant and Hero

Combatant

Combatant noun - Someone who fights (or is fighting).

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Hero and combatant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hero" instead a noun "Combatant".

Nearby Words: combat, combative, combating

Hero noun - A person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion.

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Combatant and hero are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Combatant" instead a noun "Hero".

Nearby Words: heroic, heroine, heroism, heroically

fellow	fellow combatant	fellow hero
human	human combatant	human hero
old	old combatant	old hero
female	female combatant	female hero
Other adjectives: decorated, better, average, single, strong, powerful, real, male, main, capable, famous, personal, major, pragmatic, former, playable.

Covert Pervert: The hero straddles in-and-out of this trope, but your non-combatant sprite Pirika plays it straighter than arrow, especially for her fondness of busty women (something the hero also shares).

Source: Video Game / Chain Chronicle
Let's say that our hero is an amazing combatant capable of singlehandedly dispatching hundreds of enemies.

Source: Redundant Rescue
Daine of The Immortals isn't as different from Alanna as the rest, but she's a Nature Hero and foreigner to Tortall who is almost exclusively a mage rather than a knight and combatant.

Source: Contrasting Sequel Main Character

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