volunteer
- Noun. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
- Noun. (military) One who enters into military 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.
- Noun. (legal) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- Noun. (botany) A plant that grows in disturbed soil.
- Noun. A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
- Verb. (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- Verb. (transitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
- Verb. (intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
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