"devil dodger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: devil dodgers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} devil dodger (plural devil dodgers)
  1. (informal) A clergyman, especially a military chaplain. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Christianity, Military
    Sense id: en-devil_dodger-en-noun-CG0H8b9d Disambiguation of Christianity: 49 51 Disambiguation of Military: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42
  2. (informal, obsolete) A person who sometimes attends church and sometimes the Dissenter's meetinghouse. Tags: informal, obsolete Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms: devil-dodger
    Sense id: en-devil_dodger-en-noun-pYrB5Njw Disambiguation of Christianity: 49 51

Inflected forms

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