"battleworthy" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more battleworthy [comparative], most battleworthy [superlative]
Etymology: battle + -worthy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|battle|worthy}} battle + -worthy Head templates: {{en-adj}} battleworthy (comparative more battleworthy, superlative most battleworthy)
  1. Fit for service in battle. Translations (fit for service in battle): баяздо́льны (bajazdólʹny) (Belarusian), боеспосо́бный (bojesposóbnyj) (Russian), боєзда́тний (bojezdátnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-battleworthy-en-adj-n4s8s6~P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -worthy

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          "ref": "1955, C S Forester, The Good Shepherd",
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          "ref": "1961, Richard O’Connor, “Cantigny . . . Belleau Wood . . . Soissons”, in Black Jack Pershing: A Candid Biography of the United States’ Only Six-Star General since George Washington, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, part two (Soldier on the Western Front), page 265",
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