What is the difference between civilian and citizen?
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As nouns the difference between civilian and citizen is that civilian is a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group while citizen is a person who is legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations. As a adjective civilian is that which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession.
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civilian English
Noun
( en noun)
A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
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(label) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
One skilled in civil law.
* Jonathan Swift
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A student of civil law at a university or college.
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Adjective
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That which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession
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citizen Noun
( en noun)
A person who is legally recognized as a member of a state, with associated rights and obligations.
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- When the rebellion broke out, the United States promptly evacuated its citizens from the area.
(dated) A member of a state that is not a monarchy; used in contrast with subject .
A person who is a legally recognized resident of a city or town.
* George Eliot
- That large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs.
A resident of any particular place to which the subject feels he/she belongs.
* 2007', John English, '''''Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
A civilian, as opposed to a soldier, police officer etc.
Synonyms
* burgher
* national
Antonyms
* alien
* illegal
* foreigner
* stranger
* subject
Derived terms
* anticitizen
* citizeness
* citizenhood
* citizenish
* citizenly
* citizenry
* citizenship
Related terms
* city
* civil
* civilian
* denizen
Anagrams
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