One wearing the gown, or ‘dress of peace’ (cf. gown, n. 3 and Latin togātus); a civilian, in contradistinction to a soldier.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > peace > civilian life > [noun] > a civilian (10) gownsman1612 One wearing the gown, or ‘dress of peace’ (cf. gown, n. 3 and Latin togātus); a civilian, in contradistinction to a soldier. citizena1616 An ordinary (city- or town-dwelling) person as opposed to a member of the landed nobility or gentry on one hand or an artisan, labourer, etc., on… mohair1785 Services' slang. A civilian (see quot. 1785). Obsolete. civilian1794 A person who is not professionally employed in the armed forces; a non-military person. pékin1827 A civilian. (Esp. in representations of the language of French soldiers.) cit1833 U.S. Military slang (now rare). A civilian. mufti1833 A civilian; a person wearing mufti. Obsolete. rare. non-militant1840 Esp. in early use: a person who is not in the armed forces, a civilian; (now chiefly more generally) a supporter or advocate of non-militant… civvy1915 = civilian, n. 4b. shore-loafer1916 a civilian. |
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