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civilian

[ si-vil-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
  2. 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.

  3. a person versed in or studying Roman or civil law.


adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, formed by, or administered by civilians.

civilian

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noun

    1. a person whose primary occupation is civil or nonmilitary
    2. ( as modifier )

      civilian life

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of civilian1

1350–1400; Middle English: student of civil law < Old French civilien (adj.); civil, -ian
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of civilian1

C14 (originally: a practitioner of civil law): from civile (from the Latin phrase jūs cīvīle civil law) + -ian
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"All crews are civilian. We don't belong to any militant group. Our main duty is to offer ambulance services and save people's lives. No more, no less," he said.

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His son Alfried and 11 other corporate directors faced charges in a later trial for participating in “the murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, and use for slave labor of civilians.â€

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Israel has once again moved into Gaza and escalated a bombing campaign that is generating reports of widespread civilian casualties.

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Earlier this week, the local government in the southern city of Deraa said nine civilians were killed in an Israeli bombardment, during the deepest incursion there yet by Israeli forces.

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It added that numerous steps had been taken to mitigate harm to civilians.

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