CONSCRIPT
draftee, conscript, inductee
(noun) someone who is drafted into military service
conscript
(verb) enroll into service compulsorily; “The men were conscripted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
conscript (plural conscripts)
One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
Adjective
conscript (not comparable)
Drafted into a military service or similar.
Enrolled; written; registered.
Verb
conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)
(transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
Synonyms: draft, induct
Source: Wiktionary
Con"script, a. Etym: [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write
together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a
soldier or sailor.
Con*script", v. t.
Definition: To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition