conscript
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Pronunciation edit
- (noun, adjective):
- (verb):
Noun edit
conscript (plural conscripts)
- One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
- The soldier was a conscript.
Translations edit
draftee
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Adjective edit
conscript (not comparable)
- Drafted into a military service or similar.
- Enrolled; written; registered.
Translations edit
drafted
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Verb edit
conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)
- (transitive) To enroll compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
- 1996 March 15, Jonathan Mirsky, “Taiwan President visits islanders to bolster morale”, in The Times[1], number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 15, column 3:
- Other rich families are being accused of sending their sons abroad before they can be conscripted. Every Taiwanese man must spend three years in the army and another 20 in the reserves.
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Translations edit
to enrol(l) compulsorily
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Etymology 2 edit
From con- (“constructed”) + script.
Noun edit
conscript (plural conscripts)
- A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang or spelling reform.
- Synonym: neography