civilian

civilian
noun
  1. a person not in the armed services or the police force
    平民,老百姓(区别于军、警)
adjective
  1. of, denoting, or relating to a person not belonging to the armed services or police
    平民的;民间的;民用的
    military agents in civilian clothes.
    穿着便衣的军队密探。
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting a practitioner of civil law): from Old French civilien, in the phrase droit civilien 'civil law'. The current sense arose in the early 19th cent
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