NATIONAL SERVICE


Meaning of NATIONAL SERVICE in English

National service is service in the armed forces, which young people in certain countries have to do by law. ( mainly BRIT; in AM, use selective service )

Banks spent his national service in the Royal Navy.

= military service

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