As nouns the difference between civilian and gownsman
is that
civilian is a person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces while
gownsman is one whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain english universities.
As an adjective civilian
is that which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession.
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
( -)
That which is not related to the military, police or other uniformed profession
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gownsman English
Alternative forms
* gownman
Noun
( gownsmen)
One whose professional habit is a gown, such as a divine, a lawyer, or a member of certain English universities.
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- The two gownsmen lowered the rigid body. It lay straight as a board, supported by no more than its head on the chair-back, and its heels on the ground.
A civilian, in distinction from a soldier.
( Webster 1913)
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