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deserter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defector |
| Type of | wrongdoer, offender |
| Has types | deviationist, renegade, draft dodger, draft evader, walk-in |
| Derivation | desert |
Examples of deserter
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Jeremy Hinzman is the first deserter to take the podium, to a standing ovation.
From the washingtonpost.com
Benteen and Robert Ryan a deserter named Mulligan, who was shot before the battle.
From the time.com
Relatives said the Army never contacted them until he was classified as a deserter.
From the thenewstribune.com
Later, an Army deserter named Samuel R. Church claimed credit for the attack.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I'm currently working on Joshua Key, a former American soldier and deserter.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Peasants mistake an Army deserter for a priest when he arrives in an isolated village.
From the post-gazette.com
He was listed as a deserter shortly after he disappeared following Lauterbach's death.
From the cnn.com
A deserter returns to Los Angeles, determined to win back her husband and three sons.
From the post-gazette.com
He could execute a deserter as easily as he could insist on paying a peasant for food.
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- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
- (desertion) withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
- (desertion) abandonment: the act of giving something up
- In military terminology, desertion is the abandonment of a "duty" or post without permission and is done with the intention of not returning. The term AWOL is an acronym for "Absence Without Official Leave" and can refer to either desertion or a temporary absence.
- Deserter is the first single from Matthew Dear's 2007 album Asa Breed, released on May 8, 2007 on Ghostly International Records. It was released on 10" and digital formats only, and both versions feature a remix of the song by Four Tet.
- The Deserter is a 1912 silent black and white two-reel film written and directed by Thomas H. Ince. It was released March 15, 1912 and starred Francis Ford and Ethel Grandin.
- The Deserter (La Spina Dorsale Del Diavolo) is a 1971 Italian-American Western film by Dino De Laurentis. It was directed by Burt Kennedy, known for his penchant in directing westerns, including The War Wagon (1967), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969) and The Train Robbers (1973).
- The Deserter is a British First World War poem, written in 1916 by Winifred Mabel Letts (1882-1972). It tells the story of a young British soldier who is shot for desertion. It has been included in several anthologies of First World War poems. ...
