deserter Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
ratter; renegade; turncoat; recreant; apostate.
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noun a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
defector.
WordNet
De*sert"er
Definitions
() , n.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.
