civilian
IPA: sʌvˈɪɫjʌn
noun
- A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
- (informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
- One skilled in civil law.
- A student of civil law at a university or college.
adjective
- Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
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Examples of "civilian" in Sentences
- Five civilians died in the crossfire.
- Tularemia was tested on the civilians.
- The civilians left the city in masses.
- He was the only civilian member of the junta.
- The majority of the casualties were civilians.
- The National cockade is used mainly by civilians.
- Meanwhile, the civilians are at the mercy of the group of women.
- It was the targetting of civilians for the purpose of intimidation.
- They clearly inflicted terror in the harts of the civilian population.
- The fact that the attack was intended to instill fear in a civilian population.
- PMC contractors are civilians (in governmental, international, and civil organizations) authorized to accompany an army to the field; hence, the term civilian contractor.
- Thus, PMC contractors are civilians (in governmental, international, and civil organizations) authorized to accompany an army to the field; hence, the term civilian contractor.
- I like to think of myself as a "civilian in uniform", an ordinary person who does, full-time, what most people would do anyway; consequently, I don't really like the term civilian, the opposite of which is jack-booted paramilitary thug (a term which I prefer, but isn't very user friendly).
- Vowing to "let the enlightening begin", Mr Balkhi countered by quoting an explanation of the term 'civilian' as defined by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, to which the ISAF representative replied: "Considering the Taliban's civilian casualty count during Eid, lecturing us on the definition of civilian is a bit of a joke."