volunteer
Pronunciation: /ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/
The English word “volunteer” has 11 meanings listed here.
noun
- One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
- One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.
- A voluntary member of the organized militia of a country, as distinguished from a regular or member of the standing army.
- A person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
- A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
verb
- To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
- To offer, usually unprompted.
- To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
- To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary + -eer.
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More English words
- voluntary work
- voluntaryistic
- voluntas ordinata
- voluntative
- volunteer snooker
- Volunteer Stater
- volunteering
- volunteerism
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