A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait. Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments -- his feet. Thompson Johnson

To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.

Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.

usually, a fish that has just become susceptible to the fishery; for example, a recruit to the Australian southern bluefin tuna surface fishery is one to two years old, whereas a recruit to the Japanese longline fishery is three to four years old. Sometimes used in relation to population components; for example, a recruit to the spawning stock.

An individual fish that has moved into a certain class, such as the spawning class or fishing-size class.

Recruit Co., Ltd. (株式会社リクルート) is a publishing and communications company in Japan made famous by the Recruit scandal. For a time, Recruit was part of the Daiei keiretsu, but is now independent of it.

See enlistee.

In common usage, this term refers to a newcomer to a field or activity. In biology, it typically refers to a larval or juvenile organism as it settles or moves into adult habitat, or to an organism entering the exploitable stage of its life cycle .

See: follicular recruitment

any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"

an airsoft player that either plays casually and cannot commit a lot of time or resources to a team, a player who just wants to play instead of be part of the organization, or a visiting/new player who participates in airsoft games with the team

A prospect who has agreed to join your downline as a distributor.

State's job posting system that combines PMIS data with data provided by agencies to produce descriptions of vacant positions for which the state is currently recruiting.

seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"

raw recruit

a company built on relationships

a totally different character