0 a person, especially in the armed forces, who does not fight in a war, for example a priest or a doctor --
1 relating to a non-combatant: --
The figures for the non-combatant branches were given in detail on the date mentioned.
I heard him perfectly on all three occasions, but, if he will allow me to say so, "non-combatant" is not the right term to use.
There are a number of aspects of dissociation, some of them more relevant to our position as a non-combatant than others.
This number includes a small section of women pilots to be trained for non-combatant flying.
I should think that the civilian non-combatant population in this area is very sparse indeed.
They made it quite clear in their speeches that they were not concerned with the large body of men who had accepted non-combatant service.
So far as the evidence available shows it was the man's own fault for not stating earlier that he held a non-combatant certificate.
All the corps concerned are in exactly the same category as those in the non-combatant corps.