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civilian

[si-vil-yuhn] / sɪˈvɪl yən /


NOUN
nonmilitary person
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But the risks are too great, and as a result of the strikes, civilian movement on two key roads linking the occupied regions to Russia has too been restricted.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But it has no say in the disciplining of the department’s sworn and civilian employees — a role that falls to the police chief.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

When a complex operation went awry and led to the death of her romantic partner, the pregnant Kendal quit the business and vowed to raise her baby incognito as a low-profile civilian in Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I can think of one case where a senior civilian in the Pentagon manipulated the promotion process to make sure that certain colonels were lifted to the rank of general.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Rogers, switching to civilian clothes, claimed to be head of a ring spying on the British and got Hale to admit that he also was a spy—with members of Rogers’s “spy ring” as witnesses.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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