Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. civilian(adj)

   a nonmilitary citizen

2. civilian(adj)

   associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military

   "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. civilian(Noun)

   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.

   Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.

2. civilian(Noun)

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

3. civilian(Adjective)

   That which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession

   The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.

Origin: From civilien.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Civilian(noun)

   one skilled in the civil law

2. Civilian(noun)

   a student of the civil law at a university or college

3. Civilian(noun)

   one whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical

Origin: [From Civil]

Freebase(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Civilian

   A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces or other militia. Civilians are distinct from combatants. They are afforded a degree of legal protection from the effects of war and military occupation. In US parlance, a civilian is also considered one not on active duty in the armed services or not on a police or firefighting force.

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1. Civilian

   " Self disciplined citizen, who is responsible and leads a civilized life."

   Submitted by Baloch on April 4, 2015

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'civilian' in Adjectives Frequency: #924

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of civilian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of civilian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of civilian in a Sentence

1. Elad Aharonson:

   This is a major step towards unmanned civilian planes.

2. Sergey Lavrov:

   We need to fulfill the main goal: protect the civilian population.

3. Viktor Bondarev:

   The Military Space Forces have never hit civilian targets in Syria.

4. Ashraf Ghani:

   Precautions were taken to avoid civilian casualties with this air strike.

5. Luc Marius Ibriga:

   We would liked to have had an all-civilian government but this is realpolitik.

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