conscriptionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conscriptionist
First recorded in 1900–05; conscription + -ist
Example Sentences
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My teacher's a conscriptionist, She calls me "Johnnie dear," But backs it with an iron fist And so I volunteer.
From War Rhymes by Wayfarer by Cosens, Abner
They are spurred on by the Carson-Northcliffe conscriptionist gang in London.
From Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics by Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George)
Drury himself had been defeated as a conscriptionist Liberal candidate in 1917.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
There was a strong conscriptionist group of Liberals in Ottawa.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
This would enable the government, with its majority and the support it would get from conscriptionist Liberals, to carry out its programme accepting full responsibility therefor.
From Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics by Dafoe, J. W. (John Wesley)
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