CIVIL AUTHORITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does civil authority mean? 

• CIVIL AUTHORITY (noun)
  The noun CIVIL AUTHORITY has 1 sense:

1. a person who exercises authority over civilian affairs

  Familiarity information: CIVIL AUTHORITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIVIL AUTHORITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who exercises authority over civilian affairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

civil authority; civil officer

Hypernyms ("civil authority" is a kind of...):

authority ((usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civil authority"):

city manager; mayor (the head of a city government)