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From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
civilian (plural civilians)
- A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
- 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell:
- An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
Three civilians were apprehended by the soldiers and taken away in a military vehicle.
- 1858, Prince George, letter to Sir Colin Campbell:
- (informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider.
2013, Eminem, “The Monster”, in The Marshall Mathers LP 2:
I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian.
The bathroom was for employees only, so civilians weren't allowed to use it.
- One skilled in civil law.
- A student of civil law at a university or college.
1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone:
although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
- An employee of the civil service.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Rudyard Kipling to this entry?)
non-military person
- Albanian: civil (sq) m
- Arabic: مَدَنِيّ m (madaniyy), مَدَنِيَّة f (madaniyya)
- Azerbaijani: dinc sakin (non-combatant)
- Belarusian: цыві́льны чалаве́к m (cyvílʹny čalavjék), цыві́льная асо́ба f (cyvílʹnaja asóba)
- Bulgarian: циви́лен (bg) m (civílen), циви́лно лице́ n (civílno licé)
- Burmese: အရပ်သား (my) (a.rapsa:)
- Catalan: paisà m
- Chinese:
- Czech: civilista (cs) m, civilistka f
- Danish: civilist c
- Dutch: burger (nl) m
- Esperanto: civilulo
- Estonian: tsivilist, eraisik
- Finnish: siviili (fi)
- French: civil (fr) m, civile (fr) f
- Georgian: სამოქალაქო პირი (samokalako ṗiri)
- German: Zivilist (de) m, Zivilistin (de) f, Zivilperson (de) f
- Greek: πολίτης (el) m or f (polítis)
- Hebrew: אֶזְרָח (he) m (ezrákh), אֶזְרָחִית f (ezrakhít)
- Hindi: नागरिक (hi) m (nāgrik)
- Hungarian: civil (hu), civil személy, polgári személy
- Irish: sibhialtach m
- Italian: civile (it) m
- Japanese: 文民 (ja) (ぶんみん, bunmin), 民間人 (ja) (みんかんじん, minkanjin)
- Khmer: ជនស៊ីវិល (cŭən siivɨl), អយោធ (km) (ʼaʼyoot)
- Korean: 민간인(民間人) (ko) (min'ganin)
- Lao: ພົນລະເຮືອນ (phon la hư̄an), ພໍ່ເຮືອນ (phǭ hư̄an)
- Latvian: civilists m, civiliste f
- Lithuanian: civilis m, civilisė f
- Macedonian: цивил m (civil)
- Malay: orang periman, orang awam
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: غِیْرِنِظامی (fa) (ğeyrenezâmi), شَخْصِ غِیْرِنِظامی (šaxs-e ğeyrenezâmi)
- Polish: cywil (pl) m
- Portuguese: civil (pt) m or f
- Romanian: civil (ro) m, civilă f
- Russian: гражда́нское лицо́ n (graždánskoje licó), гражда́нский челове́к m (graždánskij čelovék), гражда́нский (ru) m (graždánskij), шта́тский (ru) m (štátskij), ми́рный жи́тель m (mírnyj žítelʹ), ми́рная жи́тельница f (mírnaja žítelʹnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: цѝвӣл m, цивѝлист m, цивѝлисткиња f, цивилистица f, грађанска особа f
- Roman: cìvīl (sh) m, civìlist (sh) m, civìlistkinja (sh) f, civilistica f, građanska osoba f
- Slovak: civilista m, civilistka f
- Slovene: civilist m, civilistka f
- Spanish: civil (es), paisano (es)
- Swedish: civilist (sv) c, civil (sv) c
- Tajik: ғайринизомӣ (ġayrinizomi), шахси ғайринизомӣ (šaxs-i ġayrinizomi), шахси гражданӣ (šaxs-i graždani)
- Thai: พลเรือน (th) (pon-lá-rʉʉan)
- Turkish: sivil (tr)
- Ukrainian: циві́льна осо́ба f (cyvílʹna osóba), циві́льна люди́на f (cyvílʹna ljudýna), циві́льний (uk) m (cyvílʹnyj)
- Vietnamese: người thường, thường dân (vi)
civilian (not comparable)
- Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.
He worked as a civilian journalist for ten years before being employed by the public broadcaster.