[Closed] Harry Roberts released

that is in a war situation and they have defined who the is not in the armed forces.

In general its pretty hard /daft to disagree with the dictionary on the meanings of words.

FWIW the police advertise for two types of jobs

police jobs and civilian police jobs [admin for example]

The internationally accepted legal definition...

this is the problem with misplaced pedantry. you're think you're being pedantic (disagreeing but right) but the definition that you seek to apply universally is one that applies in a defined context (disagreeing and wrong). if you read what you yourself wrote, you'll see you are yourself limiting the applicability of that definition: it's a [i]legal [/i]definition. (meaning - a definition for legal purposes, not a legally-mandated universal definition).

If it's a bugbear of yours that everyone else is using it wrong, maybe it's not everyone else that's wrong!

Here's another definition of it...

n.
1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the military, the police, or a belligerent group.

So not even my children are civilians.

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Genuine laugh out loud moment
Thanks

Pleasure...

Whatever, I don't know when that crept in but as I said, it's new to me.