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. anyone who is not a member of the military forces or the police
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
a nonmilitary citizen associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life