| Civilian 1. (n.) One skilled in the civil law. 2. (n.) A student of the civil law at a university or college. 3. (n.) One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical. Thesaurus Entries 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 |