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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ci•vil•ian /sɪˈvɪlyən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or firefighting organization:Thousands of civilians had been killed or injured in the war.
adj. [before a noun] - of or relating to civilians:civilian casualties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ci•vil•ian (si vil′yən),USA pronunciation n. - a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
- Informal Termsanyone 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.
adj. - of, pertaining to, formed by, or administered by civilians.
- Old French civilien (adjective, adjectival); see civil, -ian
- Middle English: student of civil law 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: civilian /sɪˈvɪljən/ n - a person whose primary occupation is civil or nonmilitary
- (as modifier): civilian life
Etymology: 14th Century (originally: a practitioner of civil law): from civile (from the Latin phrase jūs cīvīle civil law) + -ian |