| 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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