civilian

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a nonmilitary citizen
adjective associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military

From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.

The civilians were crowding closer to the panes. — Space Station 1, Frank Belknap Long
"But he is quiet to ride?" asked the civilian. — Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
For the soldiers were there as well as the civilians. — With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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