Definitions for civilian

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civilian ci·vil·ian

Spelling: [si-vil-yuh n]

IPA: /sɪˈvɪl yən/

Civilian is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 119 anagrams from letters in civilian (aciiilnv).

Definitions for civilian

noun

1. a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
2. Informal. anyone regarded by members of a profession, interest group, society, etc., as not belonging; nonprofessional; outsider:
3. a person versed in or studying Roman or civil law.

adjective

1. of, pertaining to, formed by, or administered by civilians.

Origin of civilian

1350-1400; Middle English: student of civil law Old French civilien (adj.); see civil, -ian

Examples for civilian

He was clad in a civilian costume, which pronouncedly smacked of the prairie.

A civilian corollary was proven when ISIS waterboarded journalist James Foley before beheading him.

The healthier appearance and civilian clothing are very peculiar.

A civilian commission overruled Beck and rebuked his conclusion.

It appears Balfour was the civilian of the British while here in power.

A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.

We also have a language filled with distaste for the civilian “others.”

The whole air of him, though he was in civilian's clothes, proclaimed the policeman.

Police have unions, for one, and those unions influence the elections of their civilian leadership.

One might have thought him a non-commissioned officer in civilian attire.