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Volunteer   /vˌɑləntˈɪr/   Listen
noun
Volunteer  n.  
1.
One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
2.
(Mil.) 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) 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.
4.
A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that appears spontaneously without having been intentionally planted.



verb
Volunteer  v. t.  (past & past part. volunteered; pres. part. volunteering)  To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.



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



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






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"Volunteer" Quotes from Famous Books



... people ought to do that. ... Or, if you like, I'll volunteer. ... I've a little business to transact in New York, first. ... Jack, your tunic an breeches are soaked; I'll be glad to chip in something for Eve. ... ...
— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers

... going to volunteer? Mr Brace wants that skin taken off. We must have a rope round the beggar's neck, throw one end over one of the branches of a tree, and then we can haul him up higher and higher as we peel him ...
— Old Gold - The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig • George Manville Fenn

... the old narrow office, father and son met, the latter, a newly made partner. He had been, according to ancient custom, a volunteer for several years in London, where he had been well received amongst English families. But it was with strange feelings that he entered his father's office for the first time ...
— Bremen Cotton Exchange - 1872/1922 • Andreas Wilhelm Cramer

... of the grand volunteer review (the beginning of the festivities in Jubilee week) dawned bitterly cold, as indeed one must expect in midwinter. I got leave from the Doctor, with great difficulty, for Tom to go to it in a closed carriage; for he was still suffering ...
— The Last Voyage - to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' • Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

... Navy/Coast Guard, Air and Air Defense Force (not officially sanctioned), Maritime Border Guard, Volunteer Defense League (Kaitseliit), Security Forces (internal and ...
— The 2001 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


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