battailantEtymologyFrom French bataillant, present participle. See battle.battailant means prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.adjPrepared for battle; combatant; warlike.“An Elephant[…]That on his backe did beare (as batteilant) A gilden towre.”nounA combatant.“he presently thought that he was dead, and that those battaillants that fought so eagerly in the Room, had slain him”