Synonyms for national service


Grammar : Noun


Définition of national service

  • As in Selective Service : noun compulsory military system
Example sentences :
  • Only national service will rid us of the army of unemployables.
  • Extract from : « Ranching, Sport and Travel » by Thomas Carson
  • Some people foolishly confound National Service with conscription.
  • Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
  • Fan was so moved by their reply that he exempted their husbands from national service.
  • Extract from : « The Poet Li Po » by Arthur Waley
  • The natural ambition of a Teuton was to be in the national service.
  • Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry
  • Has the call for National Service not reached your ears yet?
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 30, 1917 » by Various
  • Another hotel has been commandeered by the National Service Department.
  • Extract from : « Punch, July 18, 1917 » by Various
  • The Eighty-third Pennsylvania suffered heavier losses in action than any other regiment, save one, in the National service.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • In the National service during the civil war there were sixty-four regiments that sustained a loss of over fifty per cent.
  • Extract from : « Campfire and Battlefield » by Rossiter Johnson
  • It is now expected that the unemployed half will volunteer for National Service.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 20, 1917 » by Various
  • Now none of this really involves the abandonment of armies or uniforms or national service.
  • Extract from : « New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 » by Various

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