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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
draft dodger
–noun
| a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service. |
[Origin: 1935–40
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| draft dodger | |
noun | |
| someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
draft dodger
draft dodger
Someone who illegally evades the draft, as opposed to a conscientious objector, who is granted official, legal exemption from military duty. In active protest against United States involvement in the Vietnam War, many Americans publicly burned draft registration cards, risking imprisonment; others fled to other countries, such as Canada.
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