word-vault/dist/data/cards/ci/civilian.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "civilian",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person who is not a member of the armed forces or the police",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Two soldiers and one civilian were killed in the explosion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of **innocent civilians** have died in the air strikes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Further measures are needed to protect civilians."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group was accused of targeting civilians."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["innocent", "unarmed", "ordinary"],
                "verb + civilian": ["attack", "kill", "target"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈvɪliən/",
                "audio": "ci/civilian/civilian__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈvɪliən/",
                "audio": "ci/civilian/civilian__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (denoting a practitioner of civil law): from Old French civilien, in the phrase droit civilien ‘civil law’. The current sense arose in the early 19th cent."
}