civilian
Speech parts
1. civilian - Noun
2. civilian - Adjective
Meaning
One skilled in the civil law.
A student of the civil law at a university or college.
One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.
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We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.
If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and guilt instead of our anger, how much difference might we make?
World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.
As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.
My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government.