Deserter
/dɪˈzɜːrtər/noun
A person who leaves or runs away from something such as a duty or responsibility, especially in military service without permission.
He was branded as a deserter when he left his post without authorization.
Often appears as...
- army deserter
- naval deserter
noun
A person who leaves or runs away from something such as a duty or responsibility, especially in military service without permission.
He was branded as a deserter when he left his post without authorization.
Often appears as...
- army deserter
- naval deserter
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Pro Tip 1/3Military Context
Most often used regarding military service or during war to imply abandoning duty.
After the battle, a few soldiers became deserters.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative judgment, suggesting cowardice or disloyalty.
The community ostracized the deserter for his actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Unauthorized Leave
Implies leaving without permission, different from being officially discharged.
The officer faced charges for becoming a deserter.
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Anything in between was no man's land. You entered no man's land. You were shot. You were killed. You tried to leave the trench in the other direction. Then your own side would shoot you because you were a deserter.
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How technology changes...
Anything in between was no man's land. You entered no man's land. You were shot. You were killed. You tried to leave the trench in the other direction. Then your own side would shoot you because you were a deserter.
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Every Animal Deserves a...
necessary to that we need to implement both elements I think it's really really important I think there's no other way about it like the title a deep analysis every animal is a deserter story as
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Laura Wade
British Playwright
In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produced in the studio theatre at the students' union in early 1999, when I was 21. It's 100 pages long: a very traditional play, with an interval, about deserters in the First World War.
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Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
South African Politician
These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world.
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Heinrich Boll
German Writer
On a visit to Cologne in March 1945, after a heavy bombing, I met hundreds and hundreds of deserters who were squatting in the rubble, many in the deep cellars left from Roman times. They had been hiding there after the retreat from France.
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Jean Giraudoux
French Dramatist
The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.
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Wil S. Hylton
American Journalist
During the Vietnam era, more than 30,000 draft dodgers and deserters sought harbor in cities like Montreal and Toronto, where public opposition to the war was strong and most residents didn't question their motives.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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Laura Wade
British Playwright
In my final year at Bristol University, I wrote a play called 'White Feathers.' It was produced in the studio theatre at the students' union in early 1999, when I was 21. It's 100 pages long: a very traditional play, with an interval, about deserters in the First World War.
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Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
South African Politician
These deserters were our undoing. I shall have a good deal more to say about them before I finally lay down my pen, and I shall not hesitate to call them by their true name, the name with which they will be for ever branded before all the nations of the world.
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Heinrich Boll
German Writer
On a visit to Cologne in March 1945, after a heavy bombing, I met hundreds and hundreds of deserters who were squatting in the rubble, many in the deep cellars left from Roman times. They had been hiding there after the retreat from France.
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Jean Giraudoux
French Dramatist
The brave men die in war. It takes great luck or judgment not to be killed. Once, at least, the head has to bow and the knee has to bend to danger. The soldiers who march back under the triumphal arches are death's deserters.
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Wil S. Hylton
American Journalist
During the Vietnam era, more than 30,000 draft dodgers and deserters sought harbor in cities like Montreal and Toronto, where public opposition to the war was strong and most residents didn't question their motives.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.
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Jose Marti
Cuban Activist
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.
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