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Definition of Volunteer
Vol`un`teer´ | n. | 1. | | | 1. | One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will. | | 2. | (Mil.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; - opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army. | | 3. | (Law) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made. | | a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice. | | v. t. | 1. | To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services. | | v. i. | 1. | To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking. |
Related Words
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