Definition of Volunteer. Meaning of Volunteer. Synonyms of Volunteer

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Definition of Volunteer

Volunteer
Volunteer Vol`un*teer", n. [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.] 1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will. 2. (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. 3. (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. --Burrill.
Volunteer
Volunteer Vol`un*teer", a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

Meaning of Volunteer from wikipedia

- Volunteering is an elective and free-choice act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor, often for community service. Many volunteers are...
- Volunteer grants are charitable gifts given to non-profit organizations by corporations in recognition of volunteer work being done by a company's employees...
- Look up volunteer, voluntary work, volunteering, or volunteerism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Volunteering is the practice of people working on...
- Hospital volunteers, also known as candy stripers in the United States, work without regular pay in a variety of health care settings, usually under the...
- Kibbutz volunteers are people who come from all over the world to live and work in a kibbutz in Israel. These volunteers, mostly young people, usually...
- The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC; Russian: Русский добровольческий корпус, РДК, romanized: Russkiy dobrovolcheskiy korpus, RDK) is a far-right paramilitary...
- Isle of Man Volunteers, 1860s–1920 Volunteer Force (New Zealand), 1865–1910 Volunteer Training Corps, 1914–1918 Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, formed...
- 266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery is a Royal Artillery unit of the British Army Reserve. It was first formed in Bristol...
- In gardening and agronomic terminology, a volunteer is a plant that grows on its own, rather than being deliberately planted by a farmer or gardener....
- A volunteer military system or all-volunteer military system (AVMS) is a military service system that maintains the military only with applicants without...