Volunteer /(?)/
Vol·un·teer
Volunteer
n.
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
- 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. (Mil.)
- 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. (Law)
- A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that appears spontaneously without having been intentionally planted.
Volunteer
a.
- Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
Volunteer
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.
Volunteer
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.