English > deserter: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post). |
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| Synonym | defector |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Narrower | deviationist | An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism / communism) |
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| 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 |
| Broader | wrongdoer, offender | A person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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| Spanish | desertor, tránsfuga, tránsfugo, trásfuga, trásfugo |
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| Catalan | desertor, trànsfuga |
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| Verbs | desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you |
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| desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
