deserter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deserter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deserter n a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. Synonym(s): deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) Synonym(s): deserter, defector
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deserter \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.