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Deserter

Deserter Meaning & Definition
Deserter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deserter?

[n] a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
[n] a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deserter: apostate | defector | ratter | recreant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Deserter: 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 | Sabbath-breaker | sacrilegist | schism | schismatic | seceder | secession | secessionist | separatist | strikebreaker | tergiversant | tergiversator | traitor | turnabout | turncoat | turntail | unbeliever | walkout

See Also | deviationist | draft dodger | draft evader | offender | quitter | renegade | turncoat | wrongdoer

Deserter In Webster's Dictionary

\De*sert"er\ (?), 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.

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