civilian

Definition

Examples

The airport hired a civilian company to handle its security checks.

Synonyms

• noncombatanta member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
• citizena native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

Collocations

• Easy protect unarmed innocent civilian populations
  to keep safe from harm or loss regarding unarmed innocent civilian populations
• Medium smooth transition from military to civilian life
  to smooth transition from military to civilian life, meaning to make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing
• Hard independent civilian oversight of security agencies
  describing independent civilian oversight of security agencies (a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics))
• Very Hard strictly minimize collateral civilian casualties in operations
  describing strictly minimize collateral civilian casualties in operations (restricted to something)