عَكَّارٌ

One who returns to the fight after fleeing or wheeling away. (S, * Mgh, O, * K.) It is said in a tradition, أَنْتُمُ العَكَّارُونَ لَا الفَرَّارُونَ (S, Mgh, * O, TA) Ye are they who return to the fight; not they who flee. (Mgh, * TA.) And عَطَّافُونَ signifies the like. (TA.)