Conscriptee
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who is conscripted.
"[…] the conscriptee must reduce the real cost of the army. The reason is, while the military values the conscriptee's services equally with the volunteer's, in order to make it worthwhile for the conscriptee to have the volunteer take his place, the conscriptee must value his nonmilitary opportunities more than the volunteer does."
Example
More examples"[…] the conscriptee must reduce the real cost of the army. The reason is, while the military values the conscriptee's services equally with the volunteer's, in order to make it worthwhile for the conscriptee to have the volunteer take his place, the conscriptee must value his nonmilitary opportunities more than the volunteer does."
Etymology
From conscript + -ee.
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