different between civilian vs civilize
civilian
English
Etymology
From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??v?lj?n/
Noun
civilian (plural civilians)
- A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
- (informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.
- One skilled in civil law.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 4
- Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 4
- A student of civil law at a university or college.
- 1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone
- although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
- 1788, Richard Graves, Recollection of Some Particulars in the Life of the Late William Shenstone
Translations
Adjective
civilian (not comparable)
- Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions.
Translations
civilian From the web:
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- what civilian means
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- what civilians are buried at arlington
- what civilians have laid in state
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civilize
English
Alternative forms
- civilise (chiefly British)
Etymology
Borrowed from French civiliser, corresponding to civil +? -ize.
Verb
civilize (third-person singular simple present civilizes, present participle civilizing, simple past and past participle civilized)
- Alternative spelling of civilise
Related terms
- civilisation, civilization
- civil
- city
- civitas
- civilian
- citizen
Translations
Portuguese
Verb
civilize
- first-person singular present subjunctive of civilizar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of civilizar
- first-person singular imperative of civilizar
- third-person singular imperative of civilizar
civilize From the web:
- what civilized means
- what civilized customs disgust john
- what civilized behavior mean
- what civilized mean in arabic
- what civilized tribes
- what's civilized in french
- what civilized nation
- civilize what does it mean
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