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draftee

[ draf-tee, drahf- ]

noun

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


draftee

/ drɑːfˈtiː /

noun

  1. a conscript


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Word History and Origins

Origin of draftee1

First recorded in 1860–65; draft + -ee

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Example Sentences

The increase in international draftees is a credit to the globalization of the women’s game, of course.

Features like a draftee’s career receiving yards, the team a receiver played for, career yards after catch, career air yards and even hand size were more important in the model than CROE was.

Only 126 of these drafted quarterbacks have a weighted career AV of 3 or higher — so about half of all draftees haven’t done any better than Peterman.

Goiter, identifiable by the prominent swelling of the thyroid in the front of the neck, was more common among men from the center of the country, and less so among draftees from the coasts.

This makes the SGR-A1 much more expensive than the average South Korean draftee private, who earns less than $100 a month.

I remember my time spent talking with Jamie Henry, decades after he had been a young draftee and then a decorated medic.

As the Texas governor inches closer to the 2012 race, he would do well to remember the lessons of another popular GOP draftee.

In some southern states, the draftee rejection rate for Negroes exceeded 80 percent.

Each draftee now receives a complete new issue and receives new trousers and footwear each year.

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