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Definitions for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer
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Princeton's WordNet
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntarynoun
(military) a person who freely enlists for service
volunteer, unpaid workernoun
a person who performs voluntary work
Tennessean, Volunteeradjective
a native or resident of Tennessee
unpaid, volunteer(a)verb
without payment
"the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"
volunteerverb
tell voluntarily
"He volunteered the information"
volunteer, offerverb
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"
volunteerverb
do volunteer work
Wiktionary
volunteernoun
One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteernoun
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.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteernoun
A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteernoun
A plant that grows in disturbed soil.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteernoun
A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteerverb
To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteerverb
To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
volunteerverb
To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius
Webster Dictionary
Volunteeradjective
one who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Volunteeradjective
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
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Volunteeradjective
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
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Volunteeradjective
of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Volunteerverb
to offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Volunteerverb
to enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking
Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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
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.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'volunteer' in Nouns Frequency: #1577
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of volunteer in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of volunteer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of volunteer in a Sentence
It's a real test of whether we can be more than an email machine, not just people signing up for things online, but instead actually building a political organization. That's what it's always been about. I don't spend this kind of time as a volunteer and board chair to generate more emails.
Our members vote, they buy houses here, but they also volunteer in numerous activities, that's the secret to Tulsa Remote success, Tulsa Remote success integration element. We really want people to see themselves in Tulsa for the long haul and get to know and enjoy Tulsa. Our goal is that they become life long Tulsans.
The research shows the opposite. The research shows kids volunteer more [and] it shows kids are more confident but not more entitled.
We need, as public servants, to make sure that we are serving them and not serving ourselves the way Andrew Cuomo is doing, i think we’ve all seen how Andrew Cuomo has served himself. You see $5 million for a book deal. Well, while Andrew Cuomo makes seven figures a year serving himself, I’m happy to go volunteer my time to be the candidate for governor, the 57th governor for the state of New York.
The vote by the executive committee to recommend that gay, lesbian and bisexual adults be allowed to work and volunteer for the Boy Scouts is a welcome step toward erasing a stain on one of our nation's most storied organizations, but writing in an exemption for troops organized by religious organizations undermines the potentially historic nature of today's vote.
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- متطوع, مُتَطَوِّعArabic
- könüllüAzerbaijani
- валанцёр, добраахво́тніца, добраахво́тнікBelarusian
- доброво́лецBulgarian
- dobrovolníkCzech
- gwirfoddoli, gwirfoddolwrWelsh
- frivilligDanish
- Ehrenamtlicher, anbieten, Freiwillige, [[sich]] [[freiwillig]] [[melden]], [[sich]] [[anbieten]], Ehrenamtliche, FreiwilligerGerman
- εθελοντήςGreek
- voluntarioSpanish
- vabatahtlikEstonian
- داوطلبPersian
- [[tarjoutua]] [[vapaaehtoinen, vapaaehtoinen, [[tehdä]] [[vapaaehtoisesti]], [[kasvaa]] [[villi, [[ilmoittautua]] [[vapaaehtoinenFinnish
- volontaireFrench
- óglachIrish
- neach-deònach, saor-thoileachScottish Gaelic
- स्वयंसेवकHindi
- önkéntesHungarian
- կամավորArmenian
- sukarelawanIndonesian
- volontarioItalian
- לְהִתְנַדֵבHebrew
- 志願兵, 自生植物, 志願, 自生, 志願者, ボランティア, 篤志家Japanese
- მოხალისეGeorgian
- 지원자Korean
- voloLatin
- savanorisLithuanian
- brīvprātīgaisLatvian
- kaitūao, tūaoMāori
- доброволец, волонтерMacedonian
- volenter, sukarelawanMalay
- frivilligNorwegian
- vrijwilligster, vrijwilligerDutch
- ochotnik, wolontariuszPolish
- voluntárioPortuguese
- voluntară, voluntarRomanian
- волонтёр, доброво́лецRussian
- dobrovoljac, volonter, волонтер, добровољацSerbo-Croatian
- dobrovoľníkSlovak
- prostovoljka, dobrovolniceSlovene
- frivillig, volontärSwedish
- gönüllüTurkish
- волонте́р, доброво́лецьUkrainian
- quân tình nguyệnVietnamese
- 志愿者Chinese
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