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Pronunciation : Vol`un*teer"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Definition : 1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
3. (Law)
Defn: A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made. Burrill.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Vol`un*teer"
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Vol`un*teer"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
t. [imp. & p. p. Volunteered; p. pr. & vb. n. Volunteering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Vol`un*teer"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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