The meaning of Civilian

Civilian – definition

noun
A person not in the armed services or the police force.
Usage examples:
Terrorists and soldiers have killed tens of thousands of civilians
Synonims:
Non-military person Non-combatant Ordinary citizen Private citizen Civvy

adjective
Relating to civilians.
Usage examples:
Civilian clothes
Synonims:
Non-military Non-combatant Civil Civvy

noun
A person who is not a member of the police, the armed forces, or a fire department
Usage examples:
The senator is not the only civilian who would like to ride in a space shuttle., the civilian popul…

Civilian translation into English

Civilian: translate from English into Chinese

平民, 文职, 文职的, 平民的

Civilian: translate from English into Dutch

Burger, Civiel, Burgerlijk, Niet-militair

Civilian: translate from English into French

Civil

Civilian: translate from English into German

Zivilist, Zivil, Zivil-

Civilian: translate from English into Hindi

असैनिक, नागरिक, सिविलियन, सिविल, ग़ैरफ़ौजी, असैनिक पदाधिकारी

Civilian: translate from English into Italian

Civile, Borghese

Civilian: translate from English into Korean

일반 민간인, 로마법 학자, 민법 학자, 문관의, 일반인의, 일반국민

Civilian: translate from English into Russian

Гражданский, Гражданское лицо, Штатский, Штатский человек, Вольнонаемный, Цивильный, Гражданское население, Гражданский служащий, Цивилист

Civilian: translate from English into Spanish

Civil, Paisano

Word origin

late Middle English (denoting a practitioner of civil law): from Old French civilien, in the phrase droit civilien ‘civil law’. The current sense arose in the early 19th century.

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Civilian – similar words

civilians

noun
A person not in the armed services or the police force.
Usage examples:
Terrorists and soldiers have killed tens of thousands of civilians

adjective
Relating to civilians.
Usage examples:
Civilian clothes

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civilianize

verb
Make (something) non-military in character or function.
Usage examples:
He plans to civilianize the country by reducing the army's strength

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Civilian synonims

civil

adjective
Relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
Usage examples:
Civil aviation

adjective
Of or relating to the ordinary people of a country, rather than members of religious organizations or the military
Usage examples:
These helicopters are for rescue and other civil use., we were married in a civil ceremony., civil …

adjective
Relating to legal disagreements between people or businesses, rather than criminal activities
Usage examples:
Civil action/lawsuit/case, etc. the chapter 11 action suspended a civil trial in which two plaintif…

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civvy

noun
Civilian clothes, as opposed to uniform.
Usage examples:
The chief constable came along in civvies

adjective
Relating to civilians.
Usage examples:
Fliers who left the services for civvy airlines

noun
Ordinary life that is not connected with the armed forces
Usage examples:
How does it feel to be back in civvy street?

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non-combatant

noun
A person, especially in the armed forces, who does not fight in a war, for example a priest or a doctor
Usage examples:
Non-combatant troops/ships, about 100,000 non-combatant civilians died in that battle.

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non-military

adjective
Not involving the military or being a member of the military
Usage examples:
Non-military contractors were evacuated from the war zone., the only cuts were made to non-military…

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