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CIVIES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does civies mean?
• CIVIES (noun)
The noun CIVIES has 1 sense:
1. civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
Familiarity information: CIVIES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
civies; civvies
Hypernyms ("civies" is a kind of...):
civilian clothing; civilian dress; civilian garb; plain clothes (ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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