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Definitions for Volunteer
[1] a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
[2] a person who performs a service willingly and without pay.
[3] 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.
[4] Law . a person whose actions are not founded on any legal obligation so to act. 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.
[5] Agriculture . a volunteer plant.
[6] (initial capital letter ) a native or inhabitant of Tennessee (used as a nickname).
[7] of, relating 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.
[9] to offer oneself for some service or undertaking.
[10] to enter service or enlist as a volunteer.
[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.
[14] a person who performs or offers to perform voluntary service (as modifier ) a volunteer system ; volunteer advice
[15] a person who freely undertakes military service, esp temporary or special service
[16] law a person who does some act or enters into a transaction without being under any legal obligation to do so and without being promised any remuneration for his services property law a person to whom property is transferred without his giving any valuable consideration in return, as a legatee under a will
[17] a plant that grows from seed that has not been deliberately sown (as modifier ) a volunteer plant
[18] to offer (oneself or one's services) for an undertaking by choice and without request or obligation
[19] (tr) to perform, give, or communicate voluntarily to volunteer help ; to volunteer a speech
[20] (intr) to enlist voluntarily for military service
Words related to Volunteer
suggest, enlist, tender, advance, proffer, present, propose
Words nearby Volunteer
voluntary association, voluntary muscle, voluntary retailer, voluntary sector, voluntaryism, volunteer, volunteer army, volunteer bureau, volunteer state, volunteerism, volunteers in service to america
Origin of Volunteer
1590–1600; < French volontaire < Latin voluntārius voluntary, with -eer for French -aire
Other words from Volunteer
pre·vol·un·teer , noun, verb
un·vol·un·teer·ing , adjective
Word origin for Volunteer
C17: from French volontaire, from Latin voluntārius willing; see voluntary
Synonyms for Volunteer
come forward, enlist, sign up, step forward, suggest, advance, present, proffer, propose, tender, bring forward, chip in, do on one's own volition, go in, let oneself in for, offer services, put at one's disposal, put forward, speak up, stand up, submit oneself, take bull by the horns, take initiative, take the plunge, take upon oneself