deserter
Example Sentences
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Revere outfits the deserter with homespun clothes and collects the buttons from his uniform to melt down for silverwork.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Corn said he could be declared a deserter sooner, given the likelihood King knew his decision had ended his military career.
From Reuters ● Aug. 4, 2023
As a deserter from the Ukrainian army, he would face 10 years in jail if he was caught.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
This way, he figures, he can prove to anyone he meets that he isn’t a deserter because he is still literally attached to his vessel.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
He even had them officially listed and denounced for desertion, in case some British agent needed proof that the agent was really a former American soldier and not a spy posing as a deserter.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
