Definition of DESERTER

deserter

Plural: deserters

Noun

  • A person who abandons duty, especially from military service.
  • a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
  • a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
  • A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
  • A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
  • Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days

Examples

  • The DESERTER of the strategic triple-word-score spot left it open for his opponent.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin desertor (“deserter”), from desero (“I forsake, I abandon”); or from desert + -er.

Scrabble Score: 9

deserter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
deserter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deserter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

deserter: valid Words With Friends Word