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noun
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a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
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a person who performs a service willingly and without pay.
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Military. a person who enters the service voluntarily rather than through conscription or draft, especially for special or temporary service rather than as a member of the regular or permanent army.
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Law.
a.
a person whose actions are not founded on any legal obligation so to act.
b.
a person who intrudes into a matter that does not concern him or her, as a person who pays the debt of another where he or she is neither legally nor morally bound to do so and has no interest to protect in making the payment.
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EXPANDAgriculture. a volunteer plant.
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COLLAPSE(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Tennessee (used as a nickname).
adjective
7.
of, pertaining to, or being a volunteer or volunteers: a volunteer fireman.
8.
Agriculture. growing without being seeded, planted, or cultivated by a person; springing up spontaneously.
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Volunteered
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
verb (used without object)
9.
to offer oneself for some service or undertaking.
10.
to enter service or enlist as a volunteer.
verb (used with object)
11.
to offer (oneself or one's services) for some undertaking or purpose.
12.
to give, bestow, or perform voluntarily: to volunteer a song.
13.
to say, tell, or communicate voluntarily: to volunteer an explanation.
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Word Origin & History
volunteer
c.1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from M.Fr. voluntaire, noun use of adj. meaning "voluntary," from L. voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1638. The verb is first recorded 1755, from the
EXPANDnoun. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.
COLLAPSE
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