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civilian clothes
plural noun
- everyday or ordinary clothing, as distinguished from a military uniform.
- Informal. ordinary clothing as distinguished from a uniform, clerical garb, or work clothes.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of civilian clothes1
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Example Sentences
One of the dead was wearing combat fatigues and the other was in civilian clothes.
She had a two-day pass, and was enjoying the feeling of wearing civilian clothes again.
Five men clad in civilian clothes stood facing an oil-storage depot.
A bus full of people, some in civilian clothes, wound its way to the village.
Gaddafi fighters entered Brega on Sunday driving private cars and wearing civilian clothes.
Half a dozen men in civilian clothes eyed her as she passed through the gates; Scotland Yard, but she did not know.
A group of men in civilian clothes, seated about a long table, looked her over carefully.
In the faded old uniform of a sailor, and with my civilian clothes wrapped in a newspaper, I attracted little attention.
But all the diplomats and members of the parties who attended the ceremony of signing wore conventional civilian clothes.
Two men in civilian clothes sat down beside me and gave me "good day," evidently curious as to my nationality.
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