BrE BrE//ˈkɒnskrɪpt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈkɑːnskrɪpt//
(especially British English) (usually US English draftee) a person who has been conscripted to join the armed forces young army conscripts conscript soldiers/armies compare volunteer Oxford Collocations DictionaryConscript is used before these nouns: army, soldier See full entry Word Originlate 18th cent. (as a noun): from French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere ‘enrol’. The verb is a back-formation from conscription.Check pronunciation: conscript
