deserter

See also: déserter

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzɜːtə(ɹ)/

Noun

deserter (plural deserters)

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
1. Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days

Related terms

desert (verb)
desertion

Translations

person who leaves a military or naval unit

Armenian: դասալիք (hy) (dasalikʿ)
Belarusian: дэзерці́р m (dezjercír)
Bulgarian: дезертьор (bg) m (dezertjor)
Catalan: desertor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 逃兵 (zh) (táobīng)
Estonian: desertöör
Finnish: sotilaskarkuri (fi)
French: déserteur (fr) m
German: Deserteur (de) m, Fahnenflüchtiger m
Hebrew: עריק‎‎ (he) (arik)
Hungarian: dezertőr (hu), szökevény (hu)
Indonesian: desertir (id)

Japanese: 脱走兵 (だっそうへい, dassōhei)
Korean: 탈영병 (ko) (taryeongbyeong), 탈주병 (ko) (taljubyeong), 탈주자 (taljuja), 탈영자 (ko) (taryeongja), 변절자 (ko) (byeonjeolja)
Latin: desertor m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: desertør m

Nynorsk: desertør m
Portuguese: desertor (pt) m
Romanian: dezertor (ro) m
Russian: дезерти́р (ru) m (dezertír)
Spanish: desertor m
Swedish: desertör (sv) c
Ukrainian: дезерти́р m (dezertýr)
Vietnamese: kẻ đào ngũ

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

deserter

imperative of desertere

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