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civilian
[si-vil-yuhn]
noun
a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
Informal.anyone regarded by members of a profession, interest group, society, etc., as not belonging; nonprofessional; outsider.
We need a producer to run the movie studio, not some civilian from the business world.
a person versed in or studying Roman or civil law.
adjective
of, pertaining to, formed by, or administered by civilians.
civilian
/ ɪˈɪə /
noun
a person whose primary occupation is civil or nonmilitary
( as modifier )
civilian life
Other Word Forms
- anticivilian adjective
- noncivilian noun
- procivilian adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of civilian1
Example Sentences
Even with broad support for the conflict, if it continues to escalate - and civilian deaths continue to rise - there will be a question over how many difficult days the Israeli public will tolerate.
"All of those military lessons we have learned, we have tried to make them routine in our civilian practices," explained trauma specialist Dr Justine Lee, who served in the Army for 18 years.
GHF established itself saying it intended to feed civilians in Gaza, where the United Nations has said more than two million people are at risk of starvation.
Russia has captured many thousands of civilians during its full scale invasion of Ukraine and is effectively holding them hostage in Russian prisons.
He noted that anger over the military’s repeated clashes with civilians helped stoke the flames that led to the Civil War.
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