a recently enlisted soldier
"The veteran officer took it upon himself to mentor every new recruit in the platoon."
A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
"The manager hoped that hiring new staff would serve as a fresh recruit to replace the team members who had burned out from overwork."
In plain English: A recruit is someone who has just joined an organization, team, or group for the first time.
"The new recruit joined the team yesterday and is already getting along well with everyone."
Usage: As a noun, "recruit" refers to a newly enlisted member of an organization rather than a depleted resource. Use this term when describing someone who has recently joined a group like the military or a sports team, not for general supplies that have been used up.
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
"The company hired a headhunter to recruit qualified engineers for their new software division."
In plain English: To recruit means to ask someone if they want to join your group or team.
"The company is looking to recruit new employees for its sales team."
The word recruit comes from the French verb recruter, which originally meant to gather or collect. It entered English with that same sense of assembling people for service.