deserter
noun /dɪˈzɜːtə(r)/
/dɪˈzɜːrtər/
- a person who leaves the army, navy, etc. without permission
- He was convicted of hiding deserters.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeserter is used after these nouns:- army
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from desert ‘ abandon’, on the pattern of French déserteur.