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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who is drafted into military service;
[syn: draftee, conscript, inductee]


VERB (1)

1. enroll into service compulsorily;
- Example: "The men were conscripted"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conscript \Con"script\, n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conscript \Con*script"\, v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conscript \Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.] Enrolled; written; registered. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conscript n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer] v 1: enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"