deserter

Meaning

1. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
2. A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
3. One who is familiar with the desert climate and environment.

Synonyms

runaway

renegade

turncoat

fugitive

defector

apostate

recreant

traitor

ratter

tergiversator

truant

forsaker

runagate

knobstick

scutter

duck-out

betrayer

escapee

quitter

refugee

renegate

scab

skulker

strikebreaker

Translations

déserteur

Deserteur

desertor

disertore

desertor

desertor

λιποτάκτης

afvallige

desertor

transfuge

traître

Fahnenflüchtiger

trànsfuga

فرار

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertor (“deserter”), from desero (“I forsake, I abandon”); or from desert + -er.