a person not in the armed services or the police force 平民,老百姓(区别于军、警)
adjective
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
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