vollie

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/ˈvɒli/

noun

A volunteer.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounvollie (plural vollies)

plural vollies

  1. AustraliaNew ZealandinformalA 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
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    "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

    In the first winter, we probably had about 20 peeps showing up for kai. Then in 2018, we had a solid team of nine vollies and a maximum of 60 people coming for food. We could handle the jandal.

    2017 August 26, Emma Houpt, “More people, more need in Tauranga”, in SunLive

Origin

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

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APA

vollie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vollie

MLA

“vollie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vollie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vollie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vollie.

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