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civilian

[si-vil-yuhn] / sɪˈvɪl yən /


NOUN
nonmilitary person
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Most victims were Hezbollah fighters, but there were some civilian casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It added, without providing evidence, that Hezbollah has embedded military infrastructure within civilian areas in the region.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

When Johannes Høesflot Klæbo strolls down Sixth Avenue in civilian clothes, he could pass for any number of New York City’s better-looking characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

He did not promise to bring harm to their civilian families.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

But it took a few weeks before the interim civilian government announced that it would release all prisoners of conscience, and weeks more for our lawyers to get Jaja on the list.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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