civilian

Meaning

Noun

1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
2. (informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
3. One skilled in civil law.
4. A student of civil law at a university or college.
5. An employee of the civil service.

Adj

Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.

Synonyms

civil

citizen

common people

people

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civic

inhabitant

non-combatant

folk

plebeian

civvy

private

nonmilitary

plain clothes

politic

political

popular

private citizen

private person

resident

towner

townsman

unmilitary

unofficial

villager

plain-clothes

non-government person

noncombatants

ordinary citizen

burgess

civvie

burgher

clothes

clothing

commoner

countryside

courteous

freemen

literary man

literati

neutral

official

Translations

civil

civile

Zivilist

civil

civil

burger

civil

paisano

πολίτης

zivil

borghese

civiel

burgerlijk

civile

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪˈvɪljən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cyvylien

In summary

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