| slovo | definícia |
volunteer
(mass) | volunteer
- dobrovoľník |
volunteer
(encz) | volunteer,dobrovolník |
Volunteer
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
4. A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that
appears spontaneously without having been intentionally
planted.
[RDH] |
Volunteer
(gcide) | Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, a.
Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of
volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer
advice.
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Volunteer
(gcide) | Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, 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
(gcide) | Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, 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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volunteer
(wn) | volunteer
adj 1: without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by
unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" [syn:
unpaid, volunteer(a)]
n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn:
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] [ant:
conscript, draftee, inductee]
2: a person who performs voluntary work [syn: volunteer,
unpaid worker]
3: a native or resident of Tennessee [syn: Tennessean,
Volunteer]
v 1: tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
2: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home";
"I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not
hear of it" [syn: volunteer, offer]
3: do volunteer work |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
volunteer
(mass) | volunteer
- dobrovoľník |
military volunteer
(encz) | military volunteer, n: |
volunteer
(encz) | volunteer,dobrovolník |
volunteered
(encz) | volunteered,dobrovolně přihlášený Zdeněk Brož |
volunteering
(encz) | volunteering,dobrovolné přihlášení n: Zdeněk Brož |
volunteers
(encz) | volunteers,dobrovolníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
volunteer firefighters
(gcide) | firefighter \fire"fight`er\, fire fighter \fire"
fight`er\(f[imac]r"f[imac]`t[~e]r), n.
A person whose occupation it is to go to the scene of an
unwanted fire and extinguish it; a member of a fire company;
a fireman[1] or a woman who fights fires.
Note: Some towns have few or no professional firefighters,
and fire suppression is conducted mostly by groups of
volunteers, called volunteer firefighters. The term
fireman[1] was at one time synonymous with firefighter,
until women began to engage in the same occupation.
[PJC] |
Volunteer navy
(gcide) | Volunteer navy \Vol`un*teer" na"vy\
A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who
sail under the flag of the regular navy and subject to naval
discipline. Prussia in 1870, in the Franco-German war,
organized such a navy, which was commanded by merchant seamen
with temporary commissions, with the claim (in which England
acquiesced) that it did not come within the meaning of the
term privateer.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Volunteer State
(gcide) | Volunteer State \Volunteer State\
Tennessee; -- a nickname.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Volunteered
(gcide) | Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, 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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Volunteering
(gcide) | Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, 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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Volunteers of America
(gcide) | Volunteers of America \Vol`un*teers" of America\
A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the
Salvation Army, founded (1896) by Commander and Mrs.
Ballington Booth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
loyalist volunteer force
(wn) | Loyalist Volunteer Force
n 1: a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks
to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any
Protestant leaders who favor peace |
military volunteer
(wn) | military volunteer
n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn:
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] [ant:
conscript, draftee, inductee] |
national volunteers association
(wn) | National Volunteers Association
n 1: an all-male organization begun in 1925 to foster
nationalism in India's Hindus [syn: {Rashtriya Swayamsevak
Sangh}, National Volunteers Association] |
volunteer
(wn) | volunteer
adj 1: without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by
unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" [syn:
unpaid, volunteer(a)]
n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn:
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] [ant:
conscript, draftee, inductee]
2: a person who performs voluntary work [syn: volunteer,
unpaid worker]
3: a native or resident of Tennessee [syn: Tennessean,
Volunteer]
v 1: tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
2: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home";
"I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not
hear of it" [syn: volunteer, offer]
3: do volunteer work |
volunteer state
(wn) | Volunteer State
n 1: a state in east central United States [syn: Tennessee,
Volunteer State, TN] |
VOLUNTEERS
(bouvier) | VOLUNTEERS, contracts. Persons who receive a voluntary conveyance. (q.v.)
2. It is a general rule of the courts of equity that they will not
assist a mere volunteer who has a defective conveyance. Fonb. B. 1, c. 5, s.
2, and See the note there for some exceptions to this rule. Vide, generally,
1 Madd. Ch. 271,. 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 320; 2 Id. 321; Powell on Mortg.
Index, h.t. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3968-73.
VOLUNTEERS, army. Persons who in time of war offer their services to their
country and march in its defence.
2. Their rights and duties are prescribed by the municipal laws of the
different states. But when in actual service they are subject to the laws of
the United States and the articles of war.
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