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Meaning of volunteer

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  volunteer
      adj 1: without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by
             unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department" [syn:
             {unpaid}, {volunteer(a)}]
      n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn:
           {volunteer}, {military volunteer}, {voluntary}] [ant:
           {conscript}, {draftee}, {inductee}]
      2: a person who performs voluntary work [syn: {volunteer},
         {unpaid worker}]
      3: a native or resident of Tennessee [syn: {Tennessean},
         {Volunteer}]
      v 1: tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"
      2: agree freely; "She volunteered to drive the old lady home";
         "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not
         hear of it" [syn: {volunteer}, {offer}]
      3: do volunteer work

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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