voluntold
voluntold is the simple past and past participle of voluntell.
Meaning of voluntell
Verb
voluntell (third-person singular simple present voluntells, present participle voluntelling, simple past and past participle voluntold)
- To tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something.
- I just found out that I was "voluntold" [Marine-speak for a combination of volunteered and told—F[rank] S[chaeffer]] to stay back for a working party.2003 April 24, [anonymous United States Marine Corps corporal], “Combat Iraq”, in Frank Schaeffer, editor, Voices from the Front: Letters Home from America’s Military Family, New York, N.Y.: Carroll...
Noun
voluntold (plural voluntolds)
- A person who has been coerced into acting as a volunteer.
Forms of voluntold
| plural | voluntolds |
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Questions about voluntold
- What does voluntold mean?
- Voluntold means a person who has been coerced into acting as a volunteer.
- What is voluntold the simple past and past participle of?
- Voluntold is the simple past and past participle of voluntell.
- What part of speech is voluntold?
- Voluntold is a noun.
- What is the plural of voluntold?
- The plural of voluntold is voluntolds.
Words near voluntold in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: voluntold (page history and authors); voluntell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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