volunteer Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun (military) a person who freely enlists for service
military volunteer; voluntary.
noun a person who performs voluntary work
unpaid worker.
noun a native or resident of Tennessee
Tennessean.
verb tell voluntarily
- He volunteered the information
verb agree freely
offer.
- She volunteered to drive the old lady home
- I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it
verb do volunteer work
adjective satellite without payment
unpaid.
- the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers
- a volunteer fire department

F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.

One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
(Mil.) 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.
(Law) 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. Burrill.

Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.

imperfect & past participle Volunteered ; present participle & verbal noun Volunteering

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.