Dictionary

draft dodger en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal) A person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service (the draft).
   • During the Vietnam War, thousands of draft dodgers fled to Canada to avoid serving.

Forms

Coordinates

conscientious objector

Relateds

draft-dodge

Synonyms

draft evader

Translations (12)

de Drückeberger (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · uk ухиля́нт (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · it imboscato (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · tr asker kaçağı (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · pl dekownik (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · de Kriegsdienstumgeher (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · el ανυπότακτος (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · de Wehrdienstumgeher (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · ca pròfug (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · ca pròfuga (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · es prófugo (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service) · ru уклонист (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service)