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Someone whose body remains entirely their own business, by law.
means A person who is not a member of the armed forces or police — ordinary life, outside the chain of command.
from From Latin 'civilis,' belonging to a citizen, from 'civis,' citizen — the same root that gives us 'city' and 'civic.' The word first drew a line in law (a civilian suit versus a criminal one), then drifted into drawing a line in uniform — someone standing outside military or official ranks, defined mostly by what authority they're not under.
- legal status
- not subject to military command or discipline
- war definition
- anyone not actively bearing arms in conflict
- slang use
- means amateur outside your weird expert subculture
- protected class
- deliberately targeting them is a war crime