… the deserter of his father in his last days, betrayer of his brother in his captivity … Amy Kelly
especially: a member of a military force who abandons service without leave
a wartime deserter
But now that Anderson has been AWOL for more than 30 days, he is known in the U.S. military as a deserter, facing the possibility of years in jail. Daniel Eisenberg
At a prison camp for German army deserters, Herold ordered the execution of more than 100 soldiers. Michael Phillips