Conscript

Word CONSCRIPT
Character 9
Hyphenation con script con script con script
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Conscript"

What do we mean by conscript?

One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee. noun

Enrolled compulsorily; drafted. adjective

To enroll compulsorily into service; draft. transitive verb

Registered; enrolled.

One who is compulsorily enrolled for military or naval service. noun

To enroll compulsorily for military or naval service; force into service; draft.

Enrolled; written; registered. adjective

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. adjective

One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor. noun

To enroll, by compulsion, for military service. transitive verb

One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee. noun

Drafted. adjective

To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct. verb

Someone who is drafted into military service noun

Enroll into service compulsorily verb

One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

Being obligated or required to make an appearance, regardless of what one desires to do. Urban Dictionary

A law that forces all men (and sometimes women) to join the armed forces if and when they are needed. Urban Dictionary

The act of bringing about military enrollment in a (usually) compulsory manner. Urban Dictionary

“mobilization to graves” Urban Dictionary

A piece of paper telling you to fuck off and die in God-knows-where-land. To recieve this, you must beare the widespread curse of being a man. Urban Dictionary

People practically forced into a war with little money or hope of returning. The expendable n00bs of the armies. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Conscript

The word "conscript" in example sentences

Posner contends, “Conscription could be described as a form of slavery, in the sense that a conscript is a person deprived of the ownership of his own labor.” ❋ Unknown (2004)

The best tactic for a new conscript is to challenge the old soldiers the first time they attack. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In some countries, to be called a conscript or drafted man was considered a stigma, but not so in the South. ❋ D. Augustus Dickert (N/A)

A law had been passed by the Confederate States Congress called the conscript act. ❋ Sam R. Watkins (N/A)

The conscript might be a captain, a colonel, a general, before the Austrian or Prussian soldier could be a corporal. ❋ Various (N/A)

[11] The senators were called conscript fathers, (patres conscripti,) either from their being enrolled on the censor's list, or more probably from the addition made to their numbers after the expulsion of the kings, in order to supply the places of those who had been murdered by Tarquin. ❋ Oliver Goldsmith (1752)

The new senators were at first called conscript, and in the process of time the name was extended to the entire body. ❋ Oliver Goldsmith (1752)

Veteran troops had a low enough opinion of the "conscript" as a genus; but they failed not to evince, by means more prompt than courteous, their thorough contempt for the "substitute." ❋ T. C. DeLeon (N/A)

And Private Bunthrop, the despised "conscript," slung his bayoneted rifle over his wounded shoulder and commenced to scramble up out over the front of the broken parapet. ❋ Boyd Cable (1910)

But as time passed, and the great armies of the North were formed, it became necessary to force men into the ranks, to "conscript" them; and in 1862 an act of the Confederate Congress made all males from eighteen to thirty-five subject to military duty. ❋ John Bach McMaster (1892)

That "conscript" was at home busily engaged in looking for his card, and at some difficulty in finding it in his lodgings, since it was in Fauchelevent's pocket. ❋ Unknown (1862)

No, just as the government doesn't ask infant males or boys younger than 18 nor men 35 or older under any circumstances and has lotteries and other means when not all men of the right age group are needed, the government for national defense, bridges, roads, teachers, schools, etc, "conscript" the economically healthiest the same way for a draft they conscript the physically healthiest. ❋ Unknown (2011)

According to the report, the man who was killed was a "conscript" which means he could have belonged to the army or police. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

The word "conscript" which later became so celebrated, had just now for the first time taken the place in the government decrees of the word/requisitionnaire/hitherto applied to all Republican recruits. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

The U.S. military was in the wilderness without a compass, having discovered one crucial thing: you couldn't fight an endless, unpopular counterinsurgency war with the kind of conscript army a democracy had to offer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shia privates filled the ragtag conscript ranks of Saddam's poorly equipped and ill-trained regular army, but the elite Republican Guards and Special Republican Guards were Sunnis almost to a man. " ❋ Unknown (2010)

We immediately informed the military authorities they sent the conscription the wrong person, but that did not work out, "the father of the" conscript "told the news agency, UNIAN. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some people consider having to report for [jury duty] a form of conscription. Having to visit my parents during [the holidays] feels like conscription. All their [turmoil] makes me wish I could just stay home. ❋ D.S. Credito (2015)

[The government] [passed] [conscription] because they're at war. ❋ Jafje (2007)

The [medieval] [lord] instituted [universal] conscription during times of war. ❋ Nicolai (2004)

Russian Conscription for the [war in Ukraine] is a [grave] [era]. ❋ Mlhiss (2022)

Me when I see a [conscription letter] in my [letter box]: "[Guess I'll die]..." ❋ Mates112150 (2023)

The [poorly paid conscripts] were forced to rush the enemy, while [the guns] [lined up] to take shot. ❋ Kung-Fu Jesus (2004)

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