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draft dodger

noun

  1. a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.


draft dodger

noun

  1. one who evades compulsory military service
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


draft dodger

  1. Someone who illegally evades the draft , as opposed to a conscientious objector , who is granted official, legal exemption from military duty. In active protest against United States involvement in the Vietnam War , many Americans publicly burned draft registration cards, risking imprisonment; others fled to other countries, such as Canada .


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Word History and Origins

Origin of draft dodger1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences

Where writers compared Ali to an "unwashed punk" draft dodger, Lipsyte saw a renegade and comic genius.

Eugenia was a woman who somehow managed to stand from under life, anyhow, had been the most successful draft-dodger he knew.

The mental draft dodger went to jail just as much as the physical draft dodger.

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