civilian worker

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilianandworker

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Perhaps we should be thankful that thecivilianworkeris getting as much as that.
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I served for 39 years as acivilianworkerand represented them at national level.
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I did not suggest that that should be the basic pay of thecivilianworker.
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What type ofcivilianworkerhas he in mind—a heavy manual worker, or what type of worker?
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The laws that apply to the traffic officers will be the same as those that apply to any othercivilianworkeror civil servant.
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The munition worker orcivilianworkerwill still be far better paid and his family better fed and clothed than the soldier's wife and family can hope to be.
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There will also be 135 civilian workers of which 51 will be recruited locally.
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There are other classes of civilian workers who have to go by sea to their work.
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I turn now to the comparison between former service men and former civilian workers.
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In the meantime, a number of civilian workers had been employed.
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The safety of our troops and civilian workers is of paramount concern.
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We have about 3,000 civilian workers employed to-day.
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The difficulty of transferring civilian workers is great enough, in all conscience.
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He should not argue the case that conscription should not apply to certain civilian workers.
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So, to-day, civilian workers have a higher standard of spending power than they ever had before.
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Why was it necessary for this service to be performed by civilian workers?
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Behind an aircraft, no doubt, there stand many civilian workers.
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There is no longer any need for special licensing arrangements for civilian workers as such.
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It is the question of canteens for civilian workers to which reference has already been made.
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