Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who enlists or is enlisted for service in the armed forces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun any new member of an organization or supporter of a cause.
- noun an enlisted man or woman in the armed forces.
- noun a person who enlisted voluntarily in the armed forces; -- contrasted with
draftee .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
enlists (or isenlisted ), especially into thearmed forces
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
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Examples
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The average American enlistee is more educated -- not less -- than the average young civilian.
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The elder Swann, a retired Navy enlistee and Treasury Department worker, said he barely recognizes his son, who gave one-word responses during their 30-minute meetings when he was first arrested.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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In 1991 in Kileen Texas, Ex-Navy enlistee George Jo Hennard, Jr. slammed his truck into a Luby's restaurant and murdered 23 people with a pair of handguns before killing himself.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Angry American Male Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Marine enlistee was the Pittsburgh police shooter.
Matthew Yglesias » Peretz: Obama Needs “Harsh View of Islam Today” 2010
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In 1991 in Kileen Texas, Ex-Navy enlistee George Jo Hennard, Jr. slammed his truck into a Luby's restaurant and murdered 23 people with a pair of handguns before killing himself.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Angry American Male Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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The elder Swann, a retired Navy enlistee and Treasury Department worker, said he barely recognizes his son, who gave one-word responses during their 30-minute meetings when he was first arrested.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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That is bad news for Russia, says Mr. Fetisov, the former enlistee, but at least those who serve will do so with fewer illusions.
Russia's Fading Army Fights Losing Battle to Reform Itself Richard Boudreaux 2011
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The elder Swann, a retired Navy enlistee and Treasury Department worker, said he barely recognizes his son, who gave one-word responses during their 30-minute meetings when he was first arrested.
D.C. shotgun shooter seeks 12-hour release from St. Elizabeths Keith L. Alexander 2011
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One, each enlistee had to be a high school graduate.
Bill English 2010
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"It feels right in so many ways," said Muse, who came to Washington in 1996 as a Teach for America enlistee, teaching math at Eastern High School, then left to attend drama school to study directing, and returned in 2003 to direct at Studio, Arena Stage and the Shakespeare Theatre.
David Muse to succeed Joy Zinoman as Studio Theatre artistic director 2010
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