Deserter

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  • n. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
  • n. Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
  • n. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quitter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    runaway    runagate    transfuge    transfugitive    rate   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    turncoat    sympathizer    betrayer    traitor    blackguard