civilian

Meaning of civilian

noun
  1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
    Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
  2. A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
    The bathroom was for employees only, so no civilians were allowed to use it.
  3. One skilled in civil law.
  4. A student of civil law at a university or college.
adjective
  1. Not related to the military, police or other professions.
    He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.

Information about civilian

  • The plural form of civilian is: civilians.
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Hyphenation of civilian

civil-ian

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • civilian is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of civilian

Words that rhyme with civilian

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