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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Recrute,) Recruit(e, n. [e.m.E. recruit (a1643), -ute, obs. F. (of Hainault) recrute (1592 in Godef. Compl.) = F. recrue Recrue n. Hence also Du. recruut, Germ. rekrut, etc.] — 16.. Herries Mem. 49.
A recruit is sent of 2000 foot Urquhart Rabelais i xlvii.
Great supplies and recruits come daily in to your enemies ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III 98.
Two shipps, with a recruite of ane hundereth souldiours 1696 Acts X 61/2.
The Act past … for levies and recruits