conscript : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: conscript	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for conscript
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conscript n someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee, conscript, inductee] Antonym(s): military volunteer, voluntary, volunteer v enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conscript \Con"script\, a. [L. conscriptus, p. p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See {Scribe}.] Enrolled; written; registered. {Conscript fathers} (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the [bd]fathers[b8] the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conscript \Con"script\, n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conscript \Con*script"\, v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.