deserter

Speech parts

1. deserter - Noun

2. deserter - Adjective

Meaning

One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

renegade apostate recreant turncoat ratter defector judas craven dodger awol leaver rat coward sander quitter
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Antonyms

patriot paragon dauntless convert nationalist partisan
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Hypernyms

quitter offender wrongdoer

Hyponyms

renegade walk-in draft dodger deviationist draft evader

Phrases with the word

condemned deserter known deserter military deserter

Derivatives

deserter

Examples

He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. José Martí

Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, "Yes, General, No, General." Michael Moore

For the artist, fulfillment of self consists not in marching in the ranks of the liberators but in being entered in the roll of the Masters. The artist tends to find himself in the position of a deserter from his social group or, at best, one who collaborates, with secret reservations. Harold Rosenberg

I protest openly that I do not go over to the Romans as a deserter of the Jews, but as a minister from thee. Flavius Josephus

Those who have never fought suppose that the deserter who flies the field is consumed by shame. He is not, or he would not desert; with only trifling exceptions, battles are fought by cowards afraid to run. Gene Wolfe

The deserter is the brother of the murderer. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deserted deserted place desertedness desertful desertic desertic soil