transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪvɪliən ]
( civilians)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In a military situation, a civilian is anyone who is not a member of the armed forces.
The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
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2.
In a military situation, civilian is used to describe people or things that are not military.
...the country’s civilian population.
...civilian casualties.
...a soldier in civilian clothes.
≠ military
ADJ : usu ADJ n