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Civitan

American  
[siv-i-tan] / ˈsɪv ɪˌtæn /

noun

  1. a member of Civitan International, a service club founded 1918.


Etymology

Origin of Civitan

Apparently < Latin cīvit ( ās ) civitas + -an

Example Sentences

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The first group to participate in the program was the Tyler Civitan Club, and on March 9, 1985…” Flag on the play?

From Fox News • Feb. 20, 2020

Don had perfect attendance at Civitan Club meetings since joining in 1957.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2016

Don also was one of the founders of the Granite Quarry Fiddlers Convention, sponsored by the Granite Quarry Civitan Club.

From Washington Times • Aug. 28, 2016

"Something had to be going on there," says Lewis Jeter III, the former special-education teacher at Union High School who supervised Susan in the Junior Civitan Club, which helped disabled kids.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were certainly all there—the Kiwanis, the Elks, the Rotarians, the Civitan Club, the presidents of the various golf clubs, Chambermen of Commerce.

From Time Magazine Archive