Deserter

Noun

 * 1) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
 * 2) Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days

Thesaurus
Sabbath-breaker, absconder, apostasy, apostate, atheist, backslider, betrayal, blasphemer, bolt, bolter, breakaway, collaborationist, collaborator, convert, defection, defector, dereliction, desertion, escapee, fifth columnist, fugitive, mugwump, outlaw, proselyte, quisling, rat, ratting, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, runaway, sacrilegist, schism, schismatic, seceder, secession, secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, unbeliever, walkout

Etymology
From Latin deserere to abandon

Translations

 * Bulgarian: дезертьор
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 逃兵
 * Finnish:
 * French: déserteur
 * German:


 * Hebrew: עריק
 * Hungarian: dezertőr, szökevény
 * Japanese: 脱走兵
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: dezertor
 * Russian: дезертир
 * Swedish: desertör

Related terms

 * desertion