1. civilian - Noun
2. civilian - Adjective
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe 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. Barack Obama
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? Germaine Greer
World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation. Marshall McLuhan
As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously. Alexander Suvorov
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians. Barry Goldwater
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. Idi Amin