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a person who leaves the armed forces without permission and with no intention of returning. (Definition of deserter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of deserter. deserter. Military policemen searched on foot for draft dodgers and deserters. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Synonyms for DESERTER: traitor, rebel, renegade, defector, insurgent, apostate, revolutionary, turncoat; Antonyms of DESERTER: loyalist, disciple, follower, supporter, adherent, partisan, militant, fanatic.
Definitions of deserter. noun. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. synonyms: apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat. see more. noun. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) synonyms: defector. see more.
Definition of deserter noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun [ C ] us / dɪˈzɜr·t̬ər / Add to word list Add to word list. a person who leaves the armed forces without permission and with no intention of returning. (Definition of deserter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Deserter definition, a soldier or draftee who leaves or runs away from service or duty with the intention of never returning: Deserters from the rebel army tell of low morale among its remaining fighters. See more.
deserter definition: someone who leaves the army without permission. Learn more.