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View synonyms for draft dodger
draft dodger
noun
- a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.
draft dodger
noun
- one who evades compulsory military service
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of draft dodger1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Where writers compared Ali to an "unwashed punk" draft dodger, Lipsyte saw a renegade and comic genius.
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Eugenia was a woman who somehow managed to stand from under life, anyhow, had been the most successful draft-dodger he knew.
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The mental draft dodger went to jail just as much as the physical draft dodger.
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