conscientious objector
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A conscientious objector who did military service as a hospital orderly, he trained at the Bradford School of Art and then at London's Royal College, from which he graduated with a Gold Medal distinction.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
His father, Kenneth, was a conscientious objector who detested social injustice, nuclear weapons and smoking in equal measure.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
In 1985, as the Year of the Pacific approached, the ship’s captain was Peter Willcox, a lifelong seaman and conscientious objector from Vietnam who’d devoted his career to environmental action on the oceans.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025
No offence to Frank, but after the fiasco at Fort Sumter Leo had become a conscientious objector to riding giant eagles.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
