- (a.) One who enters into or offers for, any service of his own free will.
- (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.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
- (a.) 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.
- (v.t.) To offer or bestow voluntarily or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
- (a.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| Chicago | Webster's. 2011. "Volunteer" http://smartdefine.org/volunteer/definitions/2080224 (accessed September 23, 2026). |
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| MLA | Webster's. "Volunteer" 28 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/volunteer/definitions/2080224> |