Civilian dress

/sɪvˈɪliən dɹˈɛs/

[noun]

Civilian dress

[NOUN]

ordinary clothing as distinguished from uniforms, work clothes, clerical garb, etc.

synonyms : civilian clothing

civilian garb

plain clothes

Examples

1. Cuauhtémoc’s army had entered an ever more desperate position, with the bodies of the dead piled up inside the city wall, and civilians dressed as soldiers to make it appear as if the Aztec army remained strong, when in fact it had been decimated by hunger and thirst, along with the rest of the city.

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