Meaning of CONSCRIPT
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'kunskript, [v]kun'skript, kun'skript
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- [n] someone who is drafted into military service
- [v] enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"
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| | Synonyms: | | draftee, inductee |
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| | Antonyms: | | military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer | | |
| | See Also: | | enlist, man, military man, military personnel, serviceman | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere
to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See
{Scribe}.]
Enrolled; written; registered.
{Conscript fathers} (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient
Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with
the ``fathers'' the body was called Patres et Conscripti;
afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
\Con"script\, n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a
soldier or sailor.
\Con*script"\, v. t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
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| | Related Terms: | | beat the drums, boot, call to arms, call up, commandeer, conscribe, detach, detach for service, draft, drafted man, draftee, enlist, enlistee, enroll, enrollee, impress, induct, inductee, join, levy, list, mobilize, muster, muster in, press, raise, rally, raw recruit, recruit, rookie, selectee, sign on, sign up, summon, tenderfoot, trainee |
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