Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who forsakes his cause, his duty, his party, or his friends; particularly, a soldier or seaman who absents himself from his position without leave, and without the intention of returning.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (d�*zẽrt"ẽr) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a
military ornaval unit with the intention of permanently leaving - noun Under the United States
Code of Military Justice , a person who has been placed onAWOL status for more than 30 days
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
Etymologies
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Examples
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And she remembered during the Civil War her father weren't in the war, but he would search for what they call a deserter, hunt deserters.
Oral History Interview with Flossie Moore Durham, 1976 September 2. Interview H-66. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). By Flossie Moore Durham Flossie Moore Durham 1976
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War her father weren't in the war, but he would search for what they call a deserter, hunt deserters.
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The man we know as Don Draper is a deserter from the U.S.
William Bradley: Mad Men : "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?) William Bradley 2010
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The man we know as Don Draper is a deserter from the U.S.
William Bradley: Mad Men: "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?) William Bradley 2010
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The man we know as Don Draper is a deserter from the U.S.
William Bradley: Mad Men : "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (And Really Suspend Your Disbelief?) William Bradley 2010
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Some bands, in strong positions, fought gallantly, but in the end every deserter from the militia met death.
Chapter 16: The End 2010
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I think he must have been a deserter from a group of dancers, for he was evidently feeling the heat more than his neighbours and had made an improvised parasol out of two sticks of sugar cane and a banana leaf.
Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos 2007
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I think he must have been a deserter from a group of dancers, for he was evidently feeling the heat more than his neighbours and had made an improvised parasol out of two sticks of sugar cane and a banana leaf.
Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos 2007
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I think he must have been a deserter from a group of dancers, for he was evidently feeling the heat more than his neighbours and had made an improvised parasol out of two sticks of sugar cane and a banana leaf.
Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos 2007
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I think he must have been a deserter from a group of dancers, for he was evidently feeling the heat more than his neighbours and had made an improvised parasol out of two sticks of sugar cane and a banana leaf.
Pilgrimage with La Virgen de Zapopan from "A House in the Sun" by Dane Chandos 2007
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