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Definition of Civies
1. Noun. Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
Generic synonyms: Civilian Clothing, Civilian Dress, Civilian Garb, Plain Clothes
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Civies
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of civvies) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Civies
1. civie [n] - See also: civie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Civies
Literary usage of Civies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Smashing Through "the World War" by Edward D. Sirois, William McGinnis (1919)
"CHAPTER XX BACK To civies The transformation from Army to Civil life was quickly
effected, that is, as far as removing the uniform was concerned, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1846)
"... doctrine of the two principles; a bold and civies. injudicious attempt of
Eastern philosophy to reconcile the s Hyde de Religione veterum Pers. c. ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1855)
"A levy was then made to enforce payment as provided by law in such civies.
The question presented for the court is, whether the company, in view of the ..."
4. Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1850)
"... civies.” No, Monsieur Frenchman. We have had civil ware in England, and we
have not had these horrors. ..."
5. Principles of Secondary Education by Alexander James Inglis (1918)
"Thus possibly with rhetoric or civies. (3) In some cases the sequential character
of the work in a subject, tending to involve two, three, or four years for ..."
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