About The Word Deserter
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Deserter
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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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