deserter

Synonyms for deserter

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Antonyms for deserter

noun. traitor

noun. person who is scared, easily intimidated

noun. traitor

noun. fugitive

noun. person escaping from law or other pursuer

Word Origin & History

1630s, agent noun from desert (v.).

Upon the line of baseness,—the deserter is placed next to the traitor.

I shall remain where I am; I may as well be shot as a deserter.

There was nothing of importance to be done, but he felt a little like a deserter, nevertheless.

I, who owed my commission to his noble name, was a republican, a deserter!

Indeed, I had only to say anywhere I was a deserter, and every one was kind to me.

Or is he the deserter from a camp, where his treason may sow disaffection?

He's a coward and a deserter and a drunkard and a frightener of women!

You're a coward and a deserter, and the South don't need you!

Only the straggler or deserter has as few marks as you to show.

Gabriel Faa, besides being a gipsy, was a vagrant and a deserter.