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English Dictionary: volunteer	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for volunteer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
volunteer adj without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" Synonym(s): unpaid, volunteer(a) n (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn: volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] Antonym(s): conscript, draftee, inductee a person who performs voluntary work Synonym(s): volunteer, unpaid worker a native or resident of Tennessee Synonym(s): Tennessean, Volunteer v tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information" agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it" Synonym(s): volunteer, offer do volunteer work
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, n. [F. volontaire. See {Voluntary}, a.] 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. --Burrill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volunteer \Vol`unteer"\, a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer* or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volunteer \Vol`unteer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Volunteered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Volunteering}.] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer* one's services.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, v. i. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.