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DESERTER
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Irregular inflected form: deserter
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
Synonyms:
defector; deserter
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("deserter" is a kind of...):
offender; wrongdoer (a person who transgresses moral or civil law)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deserter"):
deviationist (an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism))
draft dodger; draft evader (someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve)
renegade (someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw)
walk-in (an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum)
Derivation:
desert (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
desert (desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Synonyms:
apostate; deserter; ratter; recreant; renegade; turncoat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("deserter" is a kind of...):
quitter (a person who gives up too easily)
Derivation:
desert (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)
desert (desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army)
