army volunteer

3.3

A person who joins the army by choice to serve their country

noun
/ˈɑrmi vɑlənˈtɪr/

: voluntario del ejército

After graduating college, she decided to become an army volunteer to serve her country.

Examples

He was proud to introduce himself as an army volunteer during the ceremony.
Many army volunteers help organize support for troops returning home.
He is an army volunteer.
Many army volunteers join to serve their country.
After graduating college, she decided to become an army volunteer to serve her country.
He was proud to introduce himself as an army volunteer during the ceremony.
Many army volunteers help organize support for troops returning home.

Synonyms

enlistee

vsarmy volunteer

1 7.0

A person who recently joined the armed forces

is someone who joins specifically by choice rather than being conscripted

military volunteer

vsarmy volunteer

1 3.5

A person who chooses to join the armed forces instead of being forced to serve

is limited to joining land forces rather than any service branch

Surface Forms

army volunteer singular

army volunteers plural

Morphology

army + volunteer

The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'army' (land forces) + 'volunteer' (a person who freely offers services), so a learner who knows both words will infer someone who voluntarily enlists in the army. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, supporting immediate comprehension at B1 level.

Etymology

Army volunteer comes from a simple picture: a person who raises their hand to join the army by choice, not because they were forced. So volunteer means 'to choose to join', and the phrase means someone who offers to serve in the army.