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Definition of Civilian dress
1. Noun. Ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc..
Specialized synonyms: Civies, Civvies, Mufti
Generic synonyms: Article Of Clothing, Clothing, Habiliment, Vesture, Wear, Wearable
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civilian Dress
Literary usage of Civilian dress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"On July 14, 1991, Luciano Lux Ventura was kidnapped by men in civilian dress;
his mutilated body was found two days later. On April 19, 1992, ..."
2. The United Service (1904)
"Until it is possible to run naked again, man will be as he is clothed, and a
military man is not a military man in civilian dress, and he is not a good ..."
3. Eulogy on the Late President Garfield by James Gillespie Blaine (1882)
"He wore the uniform of a Major-General of the United States Army on Saturday,
and on Monday, in civilian's dress, he answered to the roll-call as a ..."
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