civilian

Definition

  • noun: a person who is not a member of the military or of a police or firefighting force
  • noun: a specialist in Roman or modern 'civil' law
  • synonyms: mohair, gownsman, scorpion

Examples

  • She left the army and began a 'civilian' career as an airplane mechanic for a commercial airline.

  • The bomb injured 12 'civilians'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) from Skynet. It says everyone in this room will be dead by week's end. You're number two on the list. -Well, who's number one? -An unknown. A civilian. Kyle... Reese. OLSEN : Jericho, come in. Come in, Jericho. JOHN: Barnes. (..)
    2009 Terminator Salvation