Conscript: an adjective?

[Tamara]

Hi

Dictionary give definitions of conscript as a noun and as a verb, but I need an adjective.

Could you say, which use is more natural to you:
a conscript army
or
a conscripted army?
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[Alan]

Morning Tamara,

As a former conscript I feel I should answer this one! It seems to me you can say both except that 'conscripted' would be used to empasise the idea that the soldiers are forced to enrol in the army. But at the same time a 'conscript army' where the word 'conscript' has moved across from noun to adjective would be acceptable.

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[Tamara]

Morning Alan,

Thank you for your not abstract response.

Could anybody answer, whether I can say that men who took the King's shilling - in the times when it was possible -
were contracted?
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[Jamie (K)]

[Tamara]

Thank you, Jamie.

Just to determine what I meant: