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Volunteer - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Volunteer : adj : without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by
unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" [syn: unpaid,
volunteer(a)]
(noun)
1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn: military
volunteer, voluntary] [ant: draftee]
2: a person who performs voluntary work [syn: unpaid worker]
(verb)
1: tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
2: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home";
"I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would
not hear of it" [syn: offer]
3: do volunteer work
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Volunteer : \Vol`un*teer"\, n. [F. volontaire. See Voluntary,
a.]
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.
--Burrill.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Volunteer : \Vol`un*teer"\, a.
Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of
volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer
advice.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Volunteer : \Vol`un*teer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volunteered; p.
pr. & vb. n. Volunteering.]
To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or
compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Volunteer : \Vol`un*teer"\, 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Volunteer |
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eco4life: Tom Van Holt retired businessman/disaster relief Volunteer part 27 Philippines disaster- Oliver A. Hall facebook, Tom-tvh@sunflower.com |
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eco4life: Tom Van Holt retired businessman/disaster relief Volunteer part 26 Philippines disaster- Oliver A. Hall facebook, Tom-tvh@sunflower.com |
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handsonhistory: MORE Than me - Encouraging the World to Volunteer http://bit.ly/6riU3y |
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