conscript

From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).

• (noun, adjective)
  • (RP): enPR: kŏn'skrĭpt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
  • (US): enPR: kän'skrĭpt, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/

  • Audio (US), noun

    (file)

• (verb) enPR: kən'skrĭpt, IPA^(key): /kənˈskɹɪpt/

  • Audio (US), verb

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -ɪpt

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

   The soldier was a conscript.

conscript (not comparable)

1. Drafted into a military service or similar.
2. Enrolled; written; registered.

conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)

1. (transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.

• (to enrol(l) compulsorily): draft, induct

• conscription