Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Conscript \Con"script\, n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a
soldier or sailor.
Conscript \Con*script"\, v. t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
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 ``fathers'' the body was called Patres et Conscripti;
afterward all were called Patres conscripti.
Source : WordNet®
conscript
n : someone who is drafted into military service [syn: {draftee},
{inductee}] [ant: {volunteer}]
v : enroll into service compulsorily; "The men were conscripted"