See Also: civilian(dictionary)
civilian(dictionary)
CIVILIAN(law)
Civilian Labor Force(money)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)(encyclopedia)
MILITARY AND CIVILIAN Credit Union(finance)
civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services(medicine)

civilian (iou)



civilian noun & adjective. LME.
[Old French civilien in droit civilien civil law, formed as CIVIL: see -IAN. Later directly from CIVIL.]
A. noun.
A student of, practitioner of, or expert in civil law. Now rare. LME.
Theology. A person who is good or moral, but unregenerate. E-M17.
Hist. A non-military employee of the East India Company; (later) a member of the Indian Civil Service. M18.
A person whose regular profession is non-military; one who is not in or of the army, navy, air force, or police. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Being a civilian; of or pertaining to civilians; not in or of the army, navy, air force, or police. M17.
civiliani'zation noun the action or result of civilianizing M20.
civilianize verb trans. make civilian; spec. convert (an armed-service post) into a civilian post: L19.