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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.
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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.
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4. A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that
appears spontaneously without having been intentionally
planted.
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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 \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 \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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