Enlistment
[ɪn'lɪstmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of enlisting (as in a military service).
(noun.) a period of time spent in military service.
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Definition
(n.) The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor.
(n.) The writing by which an enlisted man is bound.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Enrolment.
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Examples
- The men all turned out the morning after their enlistment, and I took charge, divided them into squads and superintended their drill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Finger-prints are made, immediately upon enlistment, of each separate finger and thumb of both hands. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But it's better than nothing, and better than enlistment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When they volunteered the government had only called for ninety days' enlistments. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Voluntary enlistments had ceased throughout the greater part of the North, and the draft had been resorted to to fill up our ranks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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