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volunteer

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1. volunteer - Noun

2. volunteer - Adjective

3. volunteer - Verb

4. volunteer - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.

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.

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.

Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar

We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure. Mitt Romney

We have to be cognizant of the fact that they've had foreign fighters coming to volunteer for them, foreign money, foreign weapons, so we have to make this the top priority. Hillary Clinton

One volunteer is worth two pressed men. English Proverb

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men. Italian Proverb

One volunteer is worth two pressed men. Spanish Proverb

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