enlist
verb (used without object)
to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service.
enlister
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a word derived from
enlist.
Example Sentences
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He may guard gasworks, or organise funds, or campaign as an enlister, or visit the hospitals; but all the time he is conscious that being here is so different from being there.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 25, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
The man where you put up is employed as a Prussian enlister, and has announced you as suspicious people.
From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 by Thomas Holcroft
