English-French translations for deserter

• déserteur
  Nous soutenons la campagne contre le recrutement et réclamons l’asile politique pour les déserteurs.» We support the counter-recruitment campaign and demand political asylum for deserters.’
  Albanais du Kosovo et déserteurs serbes se voient refuser le statut de réfugié, pendant que Pinochet échappe tranquillement à son procès. Kosovo Albanians and Serb deserters are being refused refugee status, whereas Pinochet is calmly escaping prosecution.
  De même, l'Europe a refusé, en pleine guerre du Kosovo, d'accorder le statut de réfugié aux déserteurs serbes, ou aux persécutés kosovars. In the same way Europe refused, at the height of the war in Kosovo, to give refugee status to Serbian deserters or to the Kosovars who were being persecuted.
• fuyard

Definition of deserter

• 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

Related words

• deserted
• deserted farm
• become deserted