conscriptionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conscriptionist
First recorded in 1900–05; conscription + -ist
Example Sentences
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They are spurred on by the Carson-Northcliffe conscriptionist gang in London.
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There, conscriptionist Liberals called the Convention for the purpose of proclaiming win-the-war independence of Laurier and considering Coalition on its merits.
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Drury himself had been defeated as a conscriptionist Liberal candidate in 1917.
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There was a strong conscriptionist group of Liberals in Ottawa.
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It was the conscriptionist group of Liberals in Ottawa that decided upon the Convention, whether on the advice of Mr. Dafoe is not generally known.
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