CIVIL AUTHORITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A person who exercises authority over civilian affairs

Synonyms:

civil authority; civil officer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)