counter-recruiter

counter-recruiter n. a person who, as a practice of belief or profession, tries to counteract enlistment efforts of the military. Editorial Note: This term has been nominated in the American Dialect Society‘s 16th annual Words of the Year vote. The ADS vote is the granddaddy of all such votes: it is the longest-running, least commercial, and most democratic. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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