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civilian
noun- anyone who is not a member of the group with which the speaker identifies, especially a motorcycle gang US, 1946
- Ricky finished his glass of red while they argued who was meaner, dirtier, who’d stomped more civilians, hit more cops, got brought up on more charges. — Elmore Leonard, Glitz, p. 240, 1985
- “Keep the suit pressed, the shoes shined, and let them think you are a civilian.” — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Family, pp. 32–33, 1986
- Generally, they held themselves to a higher standard of honesty and commitment than most civilians I knew. — Peter Coyote, Sleeping Where I Fall, p. 112, 1998
- a non-regular officer US
- Patton recommended only seven full colonelcies–four Regulars, three “civilians.” — Robert S. Allen, Patton’s Third U.S. Army, p. 45, 1947
- in twelve-step recovery programmes such as Alcoholics Anonymous, a person who is not involved in and does not need to be involved in a recovery programme US
- — Christopher Cavanaugh, AA to Z, p. 68, 1998
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