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Definition of Conscripts
Conscript Conscript Con"script, n.
One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a
soldier or sailor.
Conscript Conscript Con*script", v. t.
To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.
Conscript 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.
