English-Thai Dictionary
conscription
N การเกณ ฑ์ทหาร draft muster kan-ken-ta-han
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONSCRIPTION
n.[L.] 1. An enrolling or registering.
2. Soldiers or forces levied by enrolling.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONSCRIPTION
Con *scrip "tion, n. Etym: [L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription. ]
1. An enrolling or registering. The conscription of men of war. Bp. Burnet.
2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.
CONSCRIPTION
CONSCRIPTION Con *scrip "tion, a.
Defn: Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.
New American Oxford Dictionary
conscription
con scrip tion |kənˈskripSHən kənˈskrɪpʃən | ▶noun compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via French (conscription was introduced in France in 1798 ), from late Latin conscriptio (n- ) ‘levying of troops, ’ from Latin conscribere ‘write down together, enroll, ’ from con- ‘together ’ + scribere ‘write. ’
Oxford Dictionary
conscription
con |scrip ¦tion |kənˈskrɪpʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: via French (conscription was introduced in France in 1798 ), from late Latin conscriptio (n- )‘levying of troops ’, from Latin conscribere ‘write down together, enrol ’, from con- ‘together ’ + scribere ‘write ’.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
conscription
con scrip tion /kənskrɪ́pʃ (ə )n /名詞 U ｟英 ｠徴兵 (制度 ).
The Wordsmith Dictionary