civilian
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3.5
- adjective
- /sɪˈvɪljən/
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civil
- The Trustees worried about the threat military power might pose to civilian control right from the start.
- civilian casualties
- civilian and military
- civilian authorities
He said his job was working for a civilian think tank outside of Washington, DC.
- He said his job was working for a civilian think tank outside of Washington, DC.
- Thirdly, we follow in all NATO countries the doctrine of civilian control of armed forces.
- He imposed no liberty on his civilian population.
- When you come out of the coma and you're back in civilian life.
- So, so when you're now faced with having to return to civilian life like that is, is that hard?
- They are what might be called military provinces, and as such they combine civilian and military rule.
- So we're talking about military and civilian CIAP some people.
- Can I say the words yeah, sure wants to have civilian author whatever.
Examples
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That's the first time I've ever seen you in civilian clothes.
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Over the past year, the coalition has made preventing civilian casualties a top priority.
Academic text (2011) -
No, no civilian contact, no buildings, no vehicles.
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Let me remind you that there are lives at stake, civilian lives.
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His staff were dressed in civilian clothes.
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And all that before we even begin to count the civilian dead and injured.
Fiction book (1990) -
Despite his limited official powers, he became the chief civilian official in Georgia.
Academic text (2011) -
But just as they have begun to ease back into civilian life, duty calls.
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The roads were clear, with jeeps, trucks, and even a civilian car here and there.
Fiction book (1996) -
The military council has pledged to transfer power to the elected civilian administration by early July.
Synonyms
3
4.4
Not connected with soldiers or the armed forces
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.6
Ordinary clothes worn by people who are not soldiers, police, or religious leaders
How Military
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Civilian comes from the old Latin word civis, meaning 'citizen', and shares the same root as civil and city. That's why civilian, when used as an adjective, describes life or things of ordinary people, not of the army or the police.