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Definition of Military service
1. Noun. A force that is a branch of the armed forces.
Specialized synonyms: Army, Ground Forces, Regular Army, Naval Forces, Navy, Coastguard, Marines, Air Force, Airforce
Member holonyms: Force, Military Force, Military Group, Military Unit
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Force, Personnel
2. Noun. Land tenure by service in the lord's army.
Definition of Military service
1. Noun. Service in an army or other military organisation, whether as a chosen job or as a result of an involuntary draft (conscription). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Service
Literary usage of Military service
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Affairs Information Service Bulletin by Public Affairs Information Service (1920)
"See Roads, Military military service Manchu law and detached service. ...
Nat Service 6:210-12 О '19 See also Aliens—military service Military supplies ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"It declared that officers in the military service of the United States have,
without the authority of law, and against the plain- of African descent; ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Soc Hygiene 3:600-27 О '17 Suggestions to the playground directors concerning
the fitting of young men for military service. ..."
4. The Cambridge Medieval History by John Bagnell Bury, James Pounder Whitney (1913)
"In the time of Charles, when warlike undertakings were frequent, military service
must have seemed a heavy burden. It is true that special military ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"See Military art and science military service How can I serve my country? ...
Forum 58:579-84 N '17 military service, Compulsory Reclamation camps for the ..."
6. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1863)
"... who performed military service in any regiment, company, or detachment, ...
in the military service of the United States in the late war with Mexico, ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"Section 1117 provides that " no person under the age of twenty-one years shall
be enlisted or mustered into the military service of the United States ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"All males between the ages of 18 and 45 are liable to military service, which is
divided into (a) that with the colors (3 years) ; (b) that in the ..."
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