conscript
pronunciation
How to pronounce conscript in British English:
UK [kənˈskrɪpt]
How to pronounce conscript in American English:
US [ˈkɑnˌskrɪpt]
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- Noun:
- someone who is drafted into military service
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- Verb:
- enroll into service compulsorily
Word Origin
- conscript (n.)
- 1800, perhaps a back-formation (influenced by French adjective conscrit) from conscription.
- conscript (v.)
- 1813, American English, from conscript (n.). A word from the militia drafts in the War of 1812. Popularized (or unpopularized) during U.S. Civil War, when both sides resorted to it in 1862. Related: Conscripted; conscripting.
- conscript (adj.)
- 1530s, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere "to draw up, list," literally "to write together" (see conscription).
Example
- 1. Large-scale exercises are a rarity for the conscript army , which in any case is heavily committed in chechnya .
- 2. The fsa groups , who say they have about 50000 fighters against a largely conscript government force of around 280000 , are only loosely linked .
- 3. Not so turkish gays , who are barred from mandatory service in the large conscript army because they are " sexually deviant " and so unfit to take up arms .
- 4. Another former protester chafes that soon he will have to serve , as a conscript , the government he loathes .
- 5. Historically , rulers liked censuses , because they enable them to conscript and tax their people .