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vollie

/ˈvɒli/

vollie noun: a volunteer.

Noun

vollie (plural vollies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A volunteer.
    • We’d have better seed corn for future paramedics in the BLS crews, by virtue of them handling more patient care and the rural vollie squads would get regular education and mentoring.2017 March 9, Kelly Grayson, “Re-inventing EMS with a BLS intercept”, in EMS1, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2019
    • "Over the course of 12 months the brigade responds to dozens of fires and other safety related incidents, so the funding support is greatly appreciated by the vollies," Mr Fishwick said.2019 August 20, “Maintenance boost for fire brigade”, in Harvey-Waroona Reporter

Forms of vollie

pluralvollies

Origin of vollie

From volunteer + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).

Questions about vollie

What does vollie mean?
Vollie means a volunteer.
What part of speech is vollie?
Vollie is a noun.
How do you pronounce vollie?
Vollie is pronounced /ˈvɒli/.
What is the plural of vollie?
The plural of vollie is vollies.

Words near vollie in the dictionary

  1. volleyer
  2. volleyers
  3. volleying
  4. volleyings
  5. volleys
  6. vollie
  7. vollies
  8. Vollman
  9. Vollmans
  10. Vollmar
  11. Vollmars

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