draft dodger

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draft dodger

n
(Military) US someone who evades compulsory military service
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.draft dodger - someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
defector, deserter - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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Translations
Wehrdienstverweigerer
asker kaçağı
逃避兵役者

draft dodger

[ˈdrɑːftˌdɒdʒəʳ] n (Am) (Mil) → renitente m alla leva
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

draft

(draːft) noun
1. a rough sketch or outline of something, especially written. a rough draft of my speech.
2. a group (of soldiers etc) taken from a larger group.
3. an order (to a bank etc) for the payment of money. a draft for $80.
4. (American) conscription. He emigrated to avoid the draft.
verb
1. to make in the form of a rough plan. Could you draft a report on this?
2. (American) to conscript into the army etc. He was drafted into the Navy.
dodge the draft
to evade military service.
draft dodger (noun)
a person who illegally avoids joining the army.
draft evasion noun
evasion of military service.
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Sadly the draft dodger in the White House is a poor representative of brave, heroic men.
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A snappy salute is given by a man who was really a draft dodger in the Vietnam War.
This from a party whose members wrap themselves in the flag and have nominated the silver-spoon draft dodger as their presidential candidate.
Please allow this World War II private first class to observe that we would then have our first commander-in-chief and former draft dodger.
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