单词 | deserter |
释义 | desertern. 1. One who forsakes or abandons a person, place, or cause; usually with implied breach of duty or allegiance. Const. of. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away > one who runs away fugitive1382 runner1440 fleer1488 flyera1500 fugitour1533 runaway1534 runagate1539 fleeter1581 sure flight1599 runagadea1604 deserter?a1645 refugee1754 fly-away1838 skedaddler1864 lamster1904 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > deserting a person or thing > one who forsakera1382 fleeter1581 defector1615 deserter?a1645 desertrice1645 recoilera1670 turn-away1688 defectant1874 ?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xxii A base Desertour of my Mother Church. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 125 Streight to their ancient Cells..The reconcil'd Deserters will repair. View more context for this quotation 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xv. 101 A submissive administration..collected from the deserters of all parties. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Victoria c. 60 §15 The extradition of offenders (including deserters of wives and children). 2. esp. A soldier or seaman who quits the service without permission, in violation of oath or allegiance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > deserter transfuge1548 fugitive1553 transfuger1611 deserter1667 bounty-jumper1875 bug-out1956 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety iii. 47 We are the same desertors whether we stay in our own Camp, or run over to the enemies. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 91 These we immediately hung up..as it is the constant custom, which the Dutch observe whenever they catch any of their Deserters. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vii. iv. 165 Deserters of different ranks came in from Cábul. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1645 |
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