English noun: deserter |
1. | deserter (person) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
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| Synonyms | apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
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| Broader (hypernym) | quitter |
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2. | deserter (person) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) |
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| Synonyms | defector |
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| Broader (hypernym) | offender, wrongdoer |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | deviationist, draft dodger, draft evader, renegade, walk-in |
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| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine |
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