GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Volunteer , n. [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]
   One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
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   (Mil.) 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.
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   (Law) 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.
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   A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that appears spontaneously without having been intentionally planted.
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   Volunteer, a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
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   Volunteer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volunteered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Volunteering.] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
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   Volunteer, v. i. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
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