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

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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

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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

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