Civilian vs. Citizen

Civiliannoun

A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.

Civiliannoun

(informal) A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity.

Civiliannoun

One skilled in civil law.

Civiliannoun

A student of civil law at a university or college.

Civilianadjective

Not related to the military, police or other professions.

Civiliannoun

One skilled in the civil law.

Civiliannoun

A student of the civil law at a university or college.

Civiliannoun

One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.

Civiliannoun

a nonmilitary citizen

Civilianadjective

associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military;

Civilian

In general use, a civilian is This use distinguishes from persons whose duties involve risking their lives to protect the public at large from hazardous situations such as terrorism, riots, conflagrations, and wars.Under international humanitarian law, civilians are and are not . It is slightly different from a non-combatant, as some non-combatants are not civilians (for example, military chaplains attached to the belligerent party or military personnel serving with a neutral country).

Citizennoun

(obsolete) A resident of a city or town, particularly:

Citizennoun

(historical) A freeman or burgher: a legally-recognized member of an incorporated city.

Citizennoun

(obsolete) A member of the early modern urban middle class, distinguished from nobles and landed gentry on one side and from peasants, craftsmen, and laborers on the other.

Citizennoun

(Christianity) A resident or future resident of the heavenly city or later of the kingdom of God: a Christian; a good Christian.

Citizennoun

A legally-recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role, particularly:

Citizennoun

(dated) A member of a state that is not a monarchy.

Citizennoun

A term of address among French citizens during the French Revolution or towards its supporters elsewhere; dated a term of address among socialists and communists.

Citizennoun

An inhabitant: a member of any place.

Citizennoun

A private citizen: a civilian, as opposed to a police officer, professional soldier, or other (usually state) group.

Citizennoun

(computing) An object.

Citizennoun

One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

Citizennoun

An inhabitant of a city; a townsman.

Citizennoun

A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it.

Citizennoun

One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

Citizenadjective

Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

Citizenadjective

Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious.

Citizennoun

a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

Citizennoun

a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized

Citizennoun

an inhabitant of a particular town or city