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- adjective Not
enlisted .
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Examples
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A new "Volkssturm" militia mopped up any remaining unenlisted men between the ages of 16 and 60.
Fearsome Days Giles MacDonogh 2011
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Still, as the trained mind does insist upon treating all unenlisted civilians as panicstricken imbeciles and upon frightening old ladies and influential people with these remote possibilities, and as it is likely that these alarms may even lead to the retention of troops in
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Various
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For these reasons Belisarius mingled soldiers and citizens together and distributed them to each post, appointing a certain fixed wage for an unenlisted man for each day.
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There we found twenty or thirty enlisted or unenlisted.
Adventures of a Despatch Rider William Henry Lowe Watson
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The foreman of these unenlisted attaches, a Texan named Sanders, had casually ridden past his camp the day before, looking over the cattle, and had pronounced them the finest lot of beeves tendered the government since his connection with that post.
The Outlet Andy Adams 1897
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He may serve with the Seventh as an unenlisted man.
Ahead of the Army William Osborn Stoddard 1880
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Though unattached and unenlisted, he fought at Bull Run, and then returned to Washington, resigned his seat, and entered the Union army as colonel of the 31st Illinois Volunteers, which he organized.
The Great Conspiracy, Volume 7 John Alexander Logan 1856
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Though unattached and unenlisted, he fought at Bull Run, and then returned to Washington, resigned his seat, and entered the Union army as colonel of the 31st Illinois Volunteers, which he organized.
The Great Conspiracy, Complete John Alexander Logan 1856
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In most of our arsenals and armories it is thought to be best to employ unenlisted workmen, by the piece or contract.
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The unenlisted orca would corral the unsuspecting great whales into the cup of Two-fold Bay, where the human hunters would then row out to harpoon the whales.
Politics Jed Lipinski 2010
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