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Definition of Volunteer

Volunteer 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. 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. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice. To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking. Related Definitions: Advice, And, Any, Army, As, Benefit, Bestow, But, Child, Companies, Compulsion, Conscript, Consideration, Consisting, Conveyance, Country, Discipline, Distinguished, Enter, For, Free, From, Grantee, Grantor, He, His, In, Into, Is, Like, Made, Member, Militia, Of, Offer, One, Opposed, Or, Organized, Other, Own, Party, Pertaining, Service, Specifically, Standing, Subject, Than, That, The, To, Undertaking, Valuable, Voluntarily, Voluntary, Volunteer, Volunteered, When, Who, Whom, Whose, Wife, Will, Without

Volunteer Quotations Love is not a volunteer thing. Samuel Richardson Under current law volunteers who are not working with an official nonprofit organization are not covered by the Volunteer Protection Act. Therefore, there are absolutely no legal protections for the average American who wishes to volunteer. Jon Porter There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments. Bobby Scott Research has shown that people who volunteer often live longer. Allen Klein Be of service. Whether you make yourself available to a friend or co-worker, or you make time every month to do volunteer work, there is nothing that harvests more of a feeling of empowerment than being of service to someone in need. Gillian Anderson

Volunteer Translations volunteer in Afrikaans is vrywilliger volunteer in Dutch is vrijwilliger, volontair volunteer in German is Freiwilliger volunteer in Italian is volontario, volontario volunteer in Spanish is presentarse voluntario

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