conscript
Mandatory military recruit
A conscript is a person compelled by law to serve in the military—a draftee rather than a volunteer.
The verb means to enlist someone by compulsion: They conscripted thousands of young men during the war.
Conscript armies contrast with professional or volunteer forces.
The term extends to any forced recruitment: The regime conscripted civilians into labor brigades.
Untrained new soldier
- greenColor of vegetation
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
greenhorn · fledgling · neophyte · unprepared · unready · fresh · cannon fodder · expendable
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- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
- call-upOrder to serve
- impressmentForced military recruitment
national service · mandatory service · selective service · levy · mobilization · requisition · obligation · coercion
Armed forces member
- recruitNew member sought
- drafteeOne conscripted for service
- enlistedSigned up formally
- privateRestricted to certain parties
infantry · barracks · uniform · bootcamp · training · deployment · platoon · squad
Compulsory government charge
- impressmentForced military recruitment
- press gangForced military recruitment squad
- shanghaiForcibly conscript for seafaring
- crimpingFolding by compression
feudal levy · tribute · vassal · serf · peasant army · militia · auxiliaries · colonial troops
raw recruit
Untrained new soldier
rookie · greenhorn · fledgling · neophyte · unprepared · unready · fresh · cannon fodder · expendable · hapless
draft
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- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- inductionFormal admission process
- call-upOrder to serve
impressment · national service · mandatory service · selective service · levy · mobilization · requisition · obligation · coercion · compel
soldier
Armed forces member
private · infantry · barracks · uniform · bootcamp · training · deployment · platoon · squad · regiment
levy
Compulsory government charge
- impressmentForced military recruitment
- press gangForced military recruitment squad
- shanghaiForcibly conscript for seafaring
crimping · feudal levy · tribute · vassal · serf · peasant army · militia · auxiliaries · colonial troops · sepoy
draft dodger
One who avoids compulsory enlistment
- deserterOne who abandons duty
- conscientious objectorOne refusing military service morally
- evaderOne who gets away
refugee · exile · defector · AWOL · resistance · evasion · protest · dissent · refusal · underground
- Ottoman militaryjanissaries, pasha, aga, agha, bey
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- participantsparticipant, entrant, respondent, applicant, enrollee
- soldiersinfantryman, private, grenadier, grenadiers, fusilier
conscriptvolunteer
Unpaid willing participant
enlistee · professional soldier · career soldier · regular · mercenary
conscriptcivilian
Non-military person
noncombatant · exempt · draft dodger · conscientious objector · pacifist
conscriptdischarge
Release of substance outward
release · demobilize · muster out · exempt · liberate
- military conscriptionMandatory enlistment in forces
- universal conscriptionRequired military duty for all
- conscript armyTroops raised by compulsion
- conscription papersMandatory military service notice