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volunteer
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin volunt?rius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary +? -eer.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /v?l.?n?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /v?l.?n?t??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Hyphenation: vol?un?teer
Noun
volunteer (plural volunteers)
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.
- (military) 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.
- (law) A person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- (botany, agriculture) 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.
Related terms
- voluntarism
- voluntarist
- volunteership
Translations
Verb
volunteer (third-person singular simple present volunteers, present participle volunteering, simple past and past participle volunteered)
- (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
- to volunteer for doing the dishes
- (transitive) To offer, usually unprompted.
- to volunteer an explanation
- (intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
- (transitive, informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
- My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.
Translations
References
- volunteer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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ruderal
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin ruderalis, from Latin rudus (“rubble”).
Noun
ruderal (plural ruderals)
- (botany) Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil
- (botany) A plant tending to volunteer in disturbed soil.
Adjective
ruderal (comparative more ruderal, superlative most ruderal)
- (botany) That grows in rubbish or poor soil
Coordinate terms
- agrestic
Related terms
- ruderalise
Translations
Spanish
Adjective
ruderal (plural ruderales)
- ruderal
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