"draft dodger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: draft dodgers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} draft dodger (plural draft dodgers)
  1. (informal) A person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service (the draft). Tags: informal Categories (topical): Military, People Synonyms: draft evader Translations (person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service): pròfug [masculine] (Catalan), pròfuga [feminine] (Catalan), Wehrdienstumgeher [masculine] (German), Kriegsdienstumgeher [masculine] (German), Drückeberger [masculine, pejorative] (German), ανυπότακτος (anypótaktos) [masculine] (Greek), imboscato [masculine] (Italian), dekownik [masculine] (Polish), уклонист (uklonist) (Russian), asker kaçağı (Turkish), ухиля́нт (uxyljánt) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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