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Definition of Military volunteer
1. Noun. (military) a person who freely enlists for service.
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Voluntary, Volunteer
Antonyms: Draftee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Volunteer
Literary usage of Military volunteer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention by Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Harvey Fowler (1853)
"Why, Sir, if you raise military volunteer companies all over the State of
Massachusetts and appoint their officers complete, from the major-generals down to ..."
2. The Nineteenth Century (1896)
"I will therefore confine myself to three types of localities, and will endeavour
to show how the surroundings in each case affect the military Volunteer ..."
3. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1886)
"A military volunteer medical reserve would thus be formed, recruited from young
surgeons of the house-surgeon class, who, with a volunteer commission and ..."
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