civilian
noun [C] /sɪˈvɪl.i.ən/Definition
C2 a person who is not a member of the police or the armed forces: The bomb killed four soldiers and three civilians.The armed forces generally civilian adjective › The army has been criticized for attacking the unarmed civilian population.The armed forces generally
(Definition of civilian noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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