Civilian

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Civilian \Ci*vil"ian\, n. [From {Civil}]
     1. One skilled in the civil law.
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              Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
                                                    --Swift.


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     2. A student of the civil law at a university or college.
        --R. Graves.
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     3. One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military
        or clerical.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  civilian
       adj : associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with
             the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"
             [ant: {military}]
       n : a nonmilitary citizen [ant: {serviceman}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "civilian":
     AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, attorney general, citizen,
     corporation lawyer, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer,
     defense counsel, district attorney, junior counsel, law agent,
     leader, mouthpiece, nonbelligerent, noncombatant, nonresistant,
     nonresister, private attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor,
     public prosecutor, publicist, silk, silk gown, solicitor general,
     special pleader, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CIVILIAN. A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law.