English Explanatory Dictionary

deserter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
  2. Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days
  3. One who is familiar with the desert climate and environment.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdəzɚtɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deserter.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-deserter.wav

Word forms

deserter deserters

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertor (“deserter”), from desero (“to forsake, to abandon”); or from desert + -er.

Related words

desert

Derived words

antideserter desertress

Translations

Albanian: dezertor Arabic: هَارِب Aramaic: ܕܝܼܣܸܪܛܘܿܪܵܐ Armenian: դասալիք Azerbaijani: fərari Azerbaijani: dezertir Belarusian: дэзерці́р Belarusian: дэзэрты́р Bulgarian: дезертьо́р Burmese: တပ်ပြေး Catalan: desertor Chinese Mandarin: 逃兵 Czech: dezertér Czech: dezertérka Czech: zběh Danish: desertør Dutch: deserteur Estonian: desertöör Finnish: karkuri Finnish: rintamakarkuri Finnish: sotilaskarkuri Finnish: desertööri French: déserteur French: déserteuse Georgian: დეზერტირი German: Deserteur German: Fahnenflüchtiger Greek: λιποτάκτης Ancient Greek: αὐτόμολος Ancient Greek: ἀποστάτης Hebrew: עָרִיק Hindi: भागू Hindi: भग्गू Hindi: पलायक Hungarian: dezertőr Hungarian: szökevény Indonesian: desertir Italian: disertore Italian: disertrice Japanese: 脱走兵 Kazakh: дезертир Kazakh: қашқын Khmer: ទាហានរត់ Khmer: ទាហានរមត់ Khmer: អ្នករមត់ Korean: 탈영병 Korean: 탈주병 Korean: 탈주자 Korean: 탈영자 Korean: 변절자 Northern Kurdish: revok Kyrgyz: дезертир Kyrgyz: качкын Latin: dēsertor Latvian: dezertieris Lithuanian: dezertyras Macedonian: дезерте́р Malay: pembolos Norwegian Bokmål: desertør Norwegian Nynorsk: desertør Pashto: پراري Pashto: ښکری Persian: فراری
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