Definitions for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary(noun)

   (military) a person who freely enlists for service

2. volunteer, unpaid worker(noun)

   a person who performs voluntary work

3. Tennessean, Volunteer(adj)

   a native or resident of Tennessee

4. unpaid, volunteer(a)(verb)

   without payment

   "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

5. volunteer(verb)

   tell voluntarily

   "He volunteered the information"

6. volunteer, offer(verb)

   agree freely

   "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

7. volunteer(verb)

   do volunteer work

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. volunteer(Noun)

   One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.

2. volunteer(Noun)

   One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.

3. volunteer(Noun)

   A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.

4. volunteer(Noun)

   A plant that grows in disturbed soil.

5. volunteer(Noun)

   A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

6. volunteer(Verb)

   To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

7. volunteer(Verb)

   To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

8. volunteer(Verb)

   To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

Origin: From voluntaire, from voluntarius

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Volunteer(adj)

   one who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will

2. Volunteer(adj)

   one who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army

3. Volunteer(adj)

   a grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made

4. Volunteer(adj)

   of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice

5. Volunteer(verb)

   to offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services

6. Volunteer(verb)

   to enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking

Origin: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Volunteer

   vol-un-tēr′, n. one who enters any service, esp. military, voluntarily or of his own free choice: a soldier belonging to any body other than the regular army.—adj. entering into service voluntarily.—v.t. to offer voluntarily.—v.i. to enter into any service of one's own free-will or without being asked. [Fr. volontaire—L. voluntarius.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. volunteer

   One who freely offers himself for a particular service. Formerly, in the army, a gentleman who, without any certain post or employment, served in the hope of earning preferment, or from patriotism. Latterly, also a civilian who has enrolled himself in a corps of volunteers, for organization and training for the defence of the country.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. volunteer

   A person who performs voluntary work.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 16, 2019  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'volunteer' in Nouns Frequency: #1577

How to pronounce volunteer?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say volunteer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of volunteer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of volunteer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of volunteer in a Sentence

1. Joseph Pentangelo:

   He did volunteer that the kit cost him about $2,500.

2. Brian Williams:

   All I ever did as a volunteer fireman was once save two puppies.

3. Rachel Barkow:

   It’s unfair to criticize the volunteer group that you asked to help.

4. Muslim American Society:

   This was a stupid decision by an untrained pedagogue and volunteer teacher.

5. Jon Radulovic:

   This harkens back to the foundation of hospice in the country when it was volunteer-driven.

Images & Illustrations of volunteer

Popularity rank by frequency of use