Enlister

/ɪnˈlɪstər/ noun

Definition

A person or official who enlists other people into military service; a recruiting officer.

Etymology

From 'enlist' plus the agent suffix '-er,' which creates a noun for 'one who does' the action. This word has been used since the 17th century to describe military recruiters.

Kelly Says

An enlister has the opposite role from an enlistee—while the enlistee joins up, the enlister is the one convincing and processing recruits, which is a perfect example of how English's '-er' and '-ee' suffixes create mirror roles in any transaction or process.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰርVስ
se-rvis
ARالعربية
التطوع
al-tat-voo'
BNবাংলা
স্বেচ্ছাসেবক হওয়া
shwecchashebak howa
CACatalà
enrol·lar-se
en-rol-lar-se
CSČeština
zaregistrovat se
za-re-hys-tro-vat se
DADansk
tilmelde sig
til-mel-de sig
DEDeutsch
sich melden
zich mel-deh
ELΕλληνικά
συμμετέχω
sim-me-te-cho
ESEspañol
alistarse
a-li-STAR-seh
FAفارسی
志願
zhi-yuan
FISuomi
rekrytoida
rek-ry-to-i-da
FRFrançais
s'engager
sehn-gah-ZHEH
GUGU
સંકલન કરવું
san-klan kar-vu
HAHA
yiyye
yi-ye
HEעברית
להצטרף
le-hit-tsa-ref
HIहिन्दी
स्वयंसेवक बनना
swayam-sev-vak ban-na
HUMagyar
feliratkozni
fe-li-ra-koz-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
mendaftar
m-da-ftar
IGIG
kwu ụzọ
kwu uzọ
ITItaliano
iscriversi
is-kree-VEE-see
JA日本語
志願者になる
shi-gan-sha ni naru
KKKK
қатысу
qaty-su
KMKM
ច្បាប់
ch-bap
KO한국어
동원되다
dong-won-do-da
MRMR
सदस्य बनणे
sad-yas ban-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
mendaftar
m-da-ftar
MYမြန်မာ
vapa
va-pa
NLNederlands
inschrijven
in-schry-vuh-ren
NONorsk
melde seg
mel-de seg
PAPA
ਸੇਵਾ
se-va
PLPolski
zgłosić się
z-go-s-ch-see
PTPortuguês
recrutar
re-kru-TAHR
RORomână
înscrie-te
in-skri-e-te
RUРусский
присоединиться
pri-so-ED-nit-sa
SVSvenska
anmäla sig
an-ma-la sig
SWKiswahili
jishiri
ji-shi-ri
TAதமிழ்
பணியாளர் ஆக
pa-ni-ya-la-ar a-ga
TEతెలుగు
సేవకుడవు
se-vaku-da-vu
THไทย
สมัคร
som-makr
TLTL
mag-rehistro
mag-re-his-tro
TRTürkçe
katılmak
ka-tihl-mak
UKУкраїнська
приєднатися
pri-ye-na-ty-sa
URاردو
خیدمت میں شامل ہونا
khide-mat mein shamil hona
VITiếng Việt
tham gia
tham-ghia
YOYO
ṣeṣẹ
she-she
ZH中文
报名
bào míng
ZUZU
qhamuka
qha-mu-ka

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