Other forms: conscripts
A conscript is somebody made to serve by law rather than choice. A conscript army, conscripts and volunteers, called up as a conscript.
Britain has had conscription only twice, in both world wars, and ended it in 1960. A conscript army is cheaper and larger and generally less willing, which is the trade every country weighs.
1nounconscriptSomebody made to serve by law rather than choice.
“Many of the young conscripts had never held a rifle before they were sent to the front.”
conscript is a soldier.
Latin conscriptus means written down together, from com plus scribere, to write, from enrolling names on a list.
Latin
cōnscriptus
English, today
conscript
Built from
From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA