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HOME | Definition of deserter (DESERTER, Deserter)


    Deserter \De*sert"er\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rt"[~e]r), n.
    One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any
    one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a
    seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of
    desertion.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    deserter
    n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
    religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: apostate,
    renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter]
    2: a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
    [syn: defector]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    51 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserter":
    Sabbath-breaker, absconder, apostasy, apostate, atheist,
    backslider, betrayal, blasphemer, bolt, bolter, breakaway,
    collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defection, defector,
    dereliction, desertion, escapee, fifth columnist, fugitive,
    mugwump, outlaw, proselyte, quisling, rat, ratting, recidivist,
    recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate,
    runaway, sacrilegist, schism, schismatic, seceder, secession,
    secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant,
    tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever,
    walkout

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


    DESERTER. One who abandons his post; as, a soldier who abandons the public
    service without leave; or a sailor who abandons a ship when he has engaged
    to serve.

    Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)




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