civils
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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For the convois civils, where there is no official religious service, the price varies from eighteen hundred and fifty to twenty-four hundred francs for the first class to nine francs for the ninth.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by Walton, William
The signs of this feeling for and sympathy with the French civils, among our soldiers, are many.
From The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend by Choate, Joseph Hodges
One moment," said the maire as he took up a pen, "'les civils'!
From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman
The excuse, of course, was here as at Senlis—"les civils ont tiré!"
From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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