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volunteer 1. Law a. a person who does some act or enters into a transaction without being under any legal obligation to do so and without being promised any remuneration for his services b. Property law a person to whom property is transferred without his giving any valuable consideration in return, as a legatee under a will 2. a. a plant that grows from seed that has not been deliberately sown b. (as modifier): a volunteer plant How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| I want you to wait for a volunteer who has just joined us. It is no wonder, therefore, that in circumstances which would have warranted a much more romantic and wild undertaking, it should occur to him to serve as a volunteer in this expedition. To one imbued from infancy with the fascinating fallacy that all men are born equal, unquestioning submission to authority is not easily mastered, and the American volunteer soldier in his "green and salad days" is among the worst known. |
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