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selective service

noun

  1. compulsory military service.


selective service

noun

  1. (formerly) compulsory military service under which men were conscripted selectively
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of selective service1

First recorded in 1919

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