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Definition of civilian
civilian
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Examples of civilian in a Sentence
The bomb injured 12 civilians.
Recent Examples of civilian from the Web
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On Wednesday, armed civilians attacked lawmakers, and journalists in Venezuela's capital.
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Since 2013, the retired Hewlett-Packard executive has volunteered more than 500 hours teaching free job-hunting and networking workshops to nearly 300 San Diego County veterans transitioning to the civilian working world.
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Along with the estimated 20 dead, several others were injured, including civilians and members of the security force.
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At least 303 militants, 82 soldiers and police and 44 civilians have been killed.
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There was a time that the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James would provide a list of visiting American civilians along with diplomatic and military personnel for consideration.
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There was going to be another attack in America and the blood of dead civilians are going to be on your hands.
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The three attackers also lightly injured several other officers and civilians before security forces shot them dead in locations outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday evening, Israeli police...
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Kourtney doesn’t see how that’s a fair trade, and tries to avoid any more talk about her chatting up a random civilian at a dive bar.
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First Known Use of civilian
15th century
CIVILIAN Defined for English Language Learners
civilian
playDefinition of civilian for English Language Learners
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: a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force
CIVILIAN Defined for Kids
Definition of civilian for Students
: a person who is not a member of a military, police, or firefighting force
Definition of civilian for Students
: of or relating to people who are not members of a military, police, or firefighting force After serving in the army, he got a civilian job.
Law Dictionary
civilian
Legal Definition of civilian
: a specialist in Roman or modern civil law
civilian
Legal Definition of civilian
: of or relating to civil law as distinguished from common law
Learn More about civilian
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See words that rhyme with civilian Spanish Central: Translation of civilian Nglish: Translation of civilian for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of civilian for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about civilian
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