socage
Webster Dictionary
a tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent
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militia
Webster Dictionary
in the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies
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chivalry
Webster Dictionary
a tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord
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socage
(socage)
Princeton's WordNet
land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service
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laundromat
(launderette, Laundromat)
Princeton's WordNet
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
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launderette
(launderette, Laundromat)
Princeton's WordNet
a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers
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serviceable
(serviceable)
Princeton's WordNet
ready for service or able to give long service
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ministrant
Webster Dictionary
performing service as a minister; attendant on service; acting under command; subordinate
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pressman
Webster Dictionary
one of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service
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desert
Webster Dictionary
to abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond
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serve
Webster Dictionary
to be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc
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tenement
Webster Dictionary
that which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee
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deserter
Webster Dictionary
one who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion
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field
(fild)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to active combat service as distinguished from service in rear areas or at headquarters:
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bonus
(ˈboʊ nəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a sum of money paid by a state or federal government to a veteran for war service, usu. based on length of service.
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desertion
Webster Dictionary
the act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service
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escuage
Webster Dictionary
Service..f the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage
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press
Webster Dictionary
to force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress
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press
(ɛs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to force into service, esp. naval or military service; impress.
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inter-service support
(inter-service support)
Princeton's WordNet
action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service
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press
(ɛs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
impressment into service, esp. naval or military service.
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volunteer
Webster Dictionary
one who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army
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consecrate
Webster Dictionary
to make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God
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demobilize
(demobilize, inactivate, demobilise)
Princeton's WordNet
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
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inactivate
(demobilize, inactivate, demobilise)
Princeton's WordNet
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
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demobilise
(demobilize, inactivate, demobilise)
Princeton's WordNet
release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
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service
Webster Dictionary
the act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass
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report
Webster Dictionary
to present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter
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wats line
(WATS, WATS line)
Princeton's WordNet
a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service
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wats
(WATS, WATS line)
Princeton's WordNet
a telephone line;long distance service at fixed rates for fixed zones; an acronym for wide area telephone service
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