civilian

ci·vil·ian

C0377600 (sĭ-vĭl′yən)n.1. a. A person who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group in a conflict.b. A person who is not an employee of the government: programs available to both government employees and civilians.2. A specialist in Roman or civil law.adj. Of, relating to, or being a civilian or civilians: civilian clothes; a civilian career.

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[Middle English, civil law judge, from Old French civilien, from civil, civil, from Latin cīvīlis; see civil.]

civilian

(sɪˈvɪljən) n (Military) a. a person whose primary occupation is civil or nonmilitaryb. (as modifier): civilian life. [C14 (originally: a practitioner of civil law): from civile (from the Latin phrase jūs cīvīle civil law) + -ian]

ci•vil•ian

(sɪˈvɪl yən)

n. 1. a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or firefighting organization. 2. a student of Roman or civil law. adj. 3. of, pertaining to, formed by, or administered by civilians. [1350–1400; student of civil law < Old French civilien]

civilian

- First a student or practitioner of civil law.See also related terms for student.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	civilian - a nonmilitary citizen citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political communitymilitary man, serviceman, man, military personnel - someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty"
Adj.	1.	civilian - associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"military - associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police"

Translations

平民民间的老百姓

civil

(ˈsivl) adjective1. polite, courteous. 禮貌的，客氣的 有礼貌的，客气的 2. of the state or community. civil rights. 公民的 公民的3. ordinary; not military or religious. civil life. 一般人的，平民的 一般人的4. concerned with law cases which are not criminal. 民事的 民事的civilian (siˈviljən) noun a person who has a civil job, not in the armed forces. 老百姓 老百姓civility (siˈviləti) noun politeness. Treat strangers with civility. 禮貌 礼貌ˈcivilly adverb politely. 彬彬有禮地 彬彬有礼地ˌcivil deˈfence noun (American civil defense) the organization responsible for protection of civilians from enemy bombing etc and for rescue operations after such attacks. 民防單位 民防系统ˌcivil disoˈbedience noun a refusal by a large number of people to pay taxes or obey certain laws in a nonviolent way in order to protest against the government, its policies etc. 非暴力反抗 非暴力反抗civil engineerengineercivil liberties/rights the rights of a citizen according to the law of the country. 公民權 公民权civil servant a member of the civil service. 公務人員 文职人员civil service the organization which runs the administration of a state. 民政單位 行政机构civil war (a) war between citizens of the same state. the American Civil War. 內戰 内战

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