Topic: OCCUPATIONS
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | recrute 'new growth, new soldiers', from Old French recroistre 'to grow up again' |
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recruit2 [countable]
1BOPM someone who has just joined the army, navy, or air force [↪ conscript]
new/raw/fresh recruit (=one who is completely untrained) 
Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.
Drill sergeants have eight weeks to turn fresh recruits into soldiers.2SSO someone who has recently joined an organization, team, group of people etc : New recruits are sent to the Atlanta office for training.
New recruits are sent to the Atlanta office for training.
