Definition of Draft evader

1. Noun. Someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve.

Exact synonyms: Draft Dodger
Generic synonyms: Defector, Deserter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draft Evader

draffish
draffs
draffy
draft
draft-quality
draft animal
draft animals
draft beer
draft board
draft card
draft cards
draft copy
draft dodger
draft dodgers
draft environmental impact statement
draft evader (current term)
draft horse
draft horses
draft stop
draftable
drafted
draftee
draftees
drafter
drafter's ruler
drafters
draftier
draftiest
draftily
draftiness

Literary usage of Draft evader

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Web by Emerson Hough (1919)
"There was a draft evader in Boston by the name of R , who did not file his ... The draft evader then evaded yet more, and was not found for several days ..."

2. Sketches of Butte: (from Vigilante Days to Prohibition) by George Wesley Davis (1921)
"The draft-evader does not know the meaning of the word shame any more than does the profiteer. If he has a slight feeling of a world glorified by truth and ..."

3. Union Labor in Peace and War by Walter V. Woehlke (1918)
"... as in British Columbia, where certain unions struck to bring about the release of a union man, charged with being a draft evader. ..."

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