draft dodger

English

Noun

draft dodger (plural draft dodgers)

1. (informal) A person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service (the draft).

   Synonym: draft evader

   Coordinate term: conscientious objector

   During the Vietnam War, thousands of draft dodgers fled to Canada to avoid serving.

Related terms

• draft-dodge

Translations

person who illicitly seeks to avoid compulsory military service

• Catalan: pròfug m, pròfuga f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Wehrdienstumgeher m, Kriegsdienstumgeher m, Drückeberger (de) m (pejorative)
• Greek: ανυπότακτος (el) m (anypótaktos)
• Italian: imboscato (it) m
• Polish: dekownik m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: уклонист (ru) (uklonist)
• Turkish: asker kaçağı (tr)
• Ukrainian: ухиля́нт (uxyljánt)

Further reading

• draft dodger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia