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Conscript
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.