Meaning

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

    The soldier was a conscript.

    Wehrpflichtiger

    призывни́кprizyvník, ре́крутrékrut

    призо́вникpryzóvnyk, призовни́кpryzovnýk, ре́крутrékrut

    someone who is drafted into military service

  2. A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang or spelling reform.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I was conscripted into the army.

    ruЯ был призван в армию.

    deIch wurde zum Militär eingezogen.

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  2. Tom was involuntarily conscripted into the military.

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  3. Algeria still needs a large conscript army.

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  4. Is it lawful to conscript such young men against their will?

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  5. These young people are conscripts.

    ruЭти молодые люди - призывники.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
draftee:
Русский
By meaning 1
draftee:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
draftee:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: conscripts
Singularconscript
Pluralconscripts

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
conscript — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto