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draftee

[draf-tee, drahf-]

noun

a person who is drafted into military service. Compare enlistee (def. 1).

Origin:
1860–65; draft + -ee

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draftee (drɑːfˈtiː)

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	(US) a conscript

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"Why not draft executive and management brains to prepare and produce the equipment the $21-a-month draftee must use and forget this dollar-a-year tommyrot? Would we send an army into the field under a dollar-a-year General who had to be home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays?"

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