Even then the new conscripts would be very unlikely posted to a combat zone. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Adjective : a conscript soldier. From Dictionary.com.
A law had been passed by the Confederate States Congress called the conscript act. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
In some countries, to be called a conscript or drafted man was considered a stigma, but not so in the South. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
The conscript might be a captain, a colonel, a general, before the Austrian or Prussian soldier could be a corporal. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
The new senators were at first called conscript, and in the process of time the name was extended to the entire body. From Wordnik.com. [Pinnock's improved edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Rome $b to which is prefixed an introduction to the study of Roman history, and a great variety of valuable information added throughout the work, on the manners, institutions, and antiquities of the Romans; with numerous biographical and historical notes; and questions for examination at the end of each section. $c By Wm. C. Taylor.] Reference
According to the report, the man who was killed was a "conscript" which means he could have belonged to the army or police. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Does the German conscript believe in the efficacy of his leaders?. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Take the average conscript, the member of the lower middle class. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Naji, an Iraqi conscript, was blown up twice in the tank he drove. From Wordnik.com. [Iran and Iraq remember war that cost more than a million lives] Reference
Just lately, if not earlier, the conscript must have felt that, too. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
The young conscript seemed to fill the head of Mademoiselle St. Sillery. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
(He -- Colonel L. -- calls it recruiting to conscript all he can lay hands on.). From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
The poor private, a contemptible conscript, was left to howl and gnash his teeth. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
Police officers conscript her to talk with minority kids in scrapes with the law. From Wordnik.com. ['CAN WE GET ALONG?'] Reference
Gavarni's; in which, in a grave mood, he has represented a veteran and a conscript. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Union areas, 279; distrusted by Confederacy, 309; conscript laws annulled, 312, 323. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
No more singular sight was presented by all the war than the conscript depot at Richmond. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
In 1862 General Lee had urged upon Davis a conscript law which would keep his ranks full. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
The conscript and sailor are often known to die of grief when away from their native land. From Wordnik.com. [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference
The German conscript must know what everybody knows -- that in almost every bully there is a coward. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
At first the border states, or those overrun by the enemy, gave few additions to the conscript camps. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Why do ye hesitate, Romans, and you, conscript fathers, to take up arms under the direction of the gods?. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
Does the crowd that surrounds my person offend you, "said he," Aulus Cornelius, and you, conscript fathers?. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
Vienne, and was courted by two or three of her own condition, but was inflexibly attached to a young conscript. From Wordnik.com. [Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808] Reference
Government, or that refuse class which had determined to dodge duty, but now failed to dodge "the conscript man.". From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
They destroy draft registration records to flummox Nazi efforts to conscript Norwegian youth for the front lines. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Max Manus] Reference
Only one complaint came, and that was heard with grim amusement alike by veteran, by conscript, and by substitute. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Union areas, 279; western revolt and statehood, 279; resistance to conscript laws, 311; opposition party, 312, 323. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
Amid stinking heaps of garbage and debris, a Soviet conscript is scrounging for furnishings for his barrack quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Bad Blood In Germany] Reference
Many of the wounded had returned, and large bodies of men had come in from the conscript camps since the reorganization. From Wordnik.com. [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference
The glory of the war, the glory of the South, the glory and the pride of our volunteers had no charms for the conscript. From Wordnik.com. ["Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show] Reference
Grant to the Campanians, conscript fathers, your nod, and your irresistible favour, and bid us hope that Capua will be safe. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
The point is of importance to us, because the work of the conscript in the field must be influenced by his private feelings. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index] Reference
Guatemala all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 50 are liable for military service; conscript service obligation varies from 12 to. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
A conscript in Hitler's Army as a youth, Zimmermann spent his postwar life nursing depression, as well as his own uniquely gonzo musical style. From Wordnik.com. [A Tortured Artist, Before the Torment] Reference
And to make matters worse, the supreme courts of North Carolina and Georgia undertook to annul the conscript law and other important acts of the. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
To its voluntary efforts we owe our supplies of vegetable food, but not satisfied with this, we conscript him that he may help us to catch fish. From Wordnik.com. [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference
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