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English noun: deserter

1. deserter (person) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.


Synonymsapostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat


Broader (hypernym)quitter

2. deserter (person) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)


Synonymsdefector


Broader (hypernym)offender, wrongdoer


Narrower (hyponym)deviationist, draft dodger, draft evader, renegade, walk-in


Domain categoryarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine









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