NOUN (1)

1. a nonmilitary citizen;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military;
- Example: "civilian clothing"
- Example: "civilian life"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Civilian \Ci*vil"ian\, n. [From Civil]
   1. One skilled in the civil law.
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            Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
                                                  --Swift.
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   2. A student of the civil law at a university or college.
      --R. Graves.
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   3. One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military
      or clerical.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

civilian
    adj 1: associated with civil life or performed by persons who
           are not active members of the military; "civilian
           clothing"; "civilian life" [ant: military]
    n 1: a nonmilitary citizen [ant: man, military man,
         military personnel, serviceman]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "civilian":
   AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, attorney general, citizen,
   corporation lawyer, court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer,
   defense counsel, district attorney, junior counsel, law agent,
   leader, mouthpiece, nonbelligerent, noncombatant, nonresistant,
   nonresister, private attorney, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor,
   public prosecutor, publicist, silk, silk gown, solicitor general,
   special pleader, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

CIVILIAN. A doctor, professor, or student of the civil law.