Civilian - Wikipedia Civilian is believed to have been used to refer to non-combatants as early as 1829 The term "non-combatant" now refers to people in general who are not taking part of hostilities in time of war, rather than just civilians
CIVILIAN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com CIVILIAN definition: a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization See examples of civilian used in a sentence
civilian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun civilian (plural civilians) A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces