military service
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈmɪlɪˌtɛri ˈsɜrvɪs/
- Archaic
:
servicio de armas
- Nevertheless, Rhode Island, North Carolina, and Maryland exempted Quakers from military service in the late 1600s.
Examples
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The argument that women underwent dangers and sacrifices in childbirth similar to those of men who performed military service was part of the argument for the female right to vote, first promulgated by the Social Democrat August Bebel.
Academic text (1997) -
A citizen of the Russian Federation, in the event that military service contradicts his convictions or creed, has the right to substitute alternative civilian service for it.
Academic text (1997) -
Not all young men and women in the United States are eligible for active military service.
Academic text (1992) -
The whole body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service.
Blog text (5) -
Israel is the only country in the world that maintains obligatory military service for women.
Blog text (5) -
Every able-bodied man was liable for military service.
Academic text (1992) -
Obviously, excusing such objectors from military service had a high public cost, given the importance of the military to the defense of society.
Academic text (1997) -
The sample was older because most, though not all, Israeli students complete their mandatory military service (3 years for men and 2 years for women) before entering the university.
Academic text (1997) -
In feudal society, land was often granted in exchange for military service to the lord.
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During the Middle Ages, young men were required to perform military service to defend their lands.
Synonyms
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9.9
Work a tenant had to do for a landowner under feudal rule
A way of holding land by fighting as a knight for a lord
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a B1 learner who knows 'military' (armed forces) and 'service' (duty/work for an organization) can infer 'military service' as service related to the armed forces (e.g., serving in the army, navy, air force). This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'servicio militar'), so the sense is immediately recoverable from the parts.
Etymology
Military service comes from medieval times when land was given to men who promised to fight for a lord. The word service meant work for a lord and military meant fighting, so the phrase came to mean 'serving as a soldier' in return for land.