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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who is drafted, especially for military service.

Wiktionary

  1. n. One who is drafted (into a military service, etc)

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. someone who is drafted into military service

Etymologies

  1. From draft +‎ -ee. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “One prevalent "myth," we are told, was that African Americans were overrepresented in draftee ranks during that conflict.”

    Archive 2009-03-01

  • “Behind a draftee is the order of an officer - we are interested in the officer.”

    Statesman - AP Sports

  • “Unfortunately, as a firefighter "draftee" (i.e. Guardsman turned firefighter) the line gear you get issued leaves a lot to be desired.”

    Kit Up

  • “What Elder might have done is to mistake the draftee figure for 1966 -- which happened to be 13.4% -- with the population figures.”

    Archive 2009-03-01

  • “In any case, the actual draftee numbers are telling.”

    Archive 2009-03-01

  • “With these organizational dynamics, what personal habits do we find to be the most common ineffective behaviors for the new sales draftee?”

    The Huffington Post: Marshall Goldsmith: When Service Turns to Sales

  • “-- Junior quarterback Dan Persa entered spring ball as the heir apparent to NFL draftee Mike Kafka and he did nothing to jeopardize his status.”

    Northwestern - Team Notes

  • “Junior quarterback Dan Persa entered spring ball as the heir apparent to NFL draftee Mike Kafka and he did nothing to jeopardize his status.”

    Around the BigTen Conference

  • “His agent, Scott Leventhal, has watched his client grow from college draftee to relief ace, and he views the personal qualities—the maturity—on display through the Tuscaloosa rebuilding as a major reason why Robertson would succeed if he were to someday become the closer.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Is This Rivera's Successor?

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