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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Mostafa Awwad, a civilian for the Department of Navy, attempted to gather -- information, national defense information, and provide that to a foreign government.
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About 100 militants, troops and civilians have been killed.
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Some are formed in the gray period of the transition, when the Americans involved are still civilians and have no real power.
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Details from five eyewitnesses in the village conflict with statements made by the Department of Defense and U.S. Central Command, which have not acknowledged that civilians were harmed.
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Gen. Jagath Dias led an army division whose troops were accused of attacking civilians and bombing a church, a hospital and other humanitarian outposts.
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Speaking at the G-7 summit in Taormina, Sicily, May warned that foreign nationals who travel to Syria and Iraq will try to return to their home countries to carry out attacks on civilians.
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If confirmed as coalition airstrikes, the bombardment in Mayadin would mark the latest in a string of U.S.-led attacks that have killed perhaps hundreds of civilians in Iraq and Syria in recent months.
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More war and bombs that kill civilians are not the answer, Taufique said.
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15th Century
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
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