civilian (redirected from Civilians)

ci·vil·ian  (s-vlyn)

n.

1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group.

2. A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.

3. A specialist in Roman or civil law.

adj.

Of or relating to civilians or civil life; nonmilitary: civilian clothes; a civilian career.

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

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civilian [sɪˈvɪljən]

n

(Military)

a.  a person whose primary occupation is civil or nonmilitary

b.  (as modifier) civilian life

[C14 (originally: a practitioner of civil law): from civile (from the Latin phrase jūs cīvīle civil law) + -ian]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	civilian - a nonmilitary citizen                 citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community military 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

civilian [sɪˈvɪlɪən]

A. ADJ (= non-military) → civil
in civilian clothes → vestido/a de paisano or civil
there were no civilian casualties → no hubo bajas entre la población civil

B. N → civil mf

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civilian [sɪˈvɪljən]

adj (= non-military) [casualty] → civil(e); [population] → civil(e)
civilian clothes → tenue f civile

n (= non-soldier) → civil(e) m/f

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civilian

n → Zivilist(in) m(f)

adj → zivil, Zivil-; in civilian clothes → in Zivil; civilian casualties → Verluste pl → unter der Zivilbevölkerung

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civilian [sɪˈvɪlɪən]

1. adj (clothes, government) → civile, borghese; (life) → da civile, da borghese

2. n → civile m/f, borghese m/f

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civilian [sɪˈvɪlɪən]

1. adj (clothes, government) → civile, borghese; (life) → da civile, da borghese

2. n → civile m/f, borghese m/f

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civilian → مدنى civilista, civilní civil, civilist zivil, Zivilist ιδιώτης, πολιτικός civil siviili, siviili- civil civil, civilni civile 民間の, 民間人 민간의, 민간인 burger, burger- sivil, sivilperson cywil, cywilny civil гражданское лицо, штатский civil, civilperson เกี่ยวกับพลเรือน, พลเรือน sivil thuộc thường dân, thường dân 平民, 民间的