| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
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| volunteer worker in a hospital |
candy striper
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| hospital volunteer |
candy striper
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| volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere |
home guard
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| volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive |
pledge taker
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| member of the volunteer cavalry regiment led by Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War (1898) |
Rough Rider
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| volunteer committee to maintain order where an efficient legal system does not exist |
vigilance committee
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| British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army |
yeomanry
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