conscriptionist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of conscriptionist
First recorded in 1900–05; conscription + -ist
Example Sentences
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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)
There was a strong conscriptionist group of Liberals in Ottawa.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
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.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
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
Drury himself had been defeated as a conscriptionist Liberal candidate in 1917.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
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