draftee

[draf-tee, drahf-]

noun

1. a person who is drafted into military service.

draftee

/ drɑːfˈtiː /

noun

1. a conscript

Word History and Origins

Origin of draftee¹

First recorded in 1860–65; draft + -ee

Example Sentences

The turnaround from waived to role player came even faster than from draftee to cut.

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If you’re a free-agent pitcher, or a draftee, and you want to get better and excel, there’s no reason to want to play in Anaheim.

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How does a draftee with a Purple Heart stack up against a volunteer who wasn’t wounded?

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He deserves, like all draftees, to play somewhere he can be himself and lay down his own footprints and be celebrated.

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Consider that there are roughly 256 draftees every year — give or take a few — and 1,696 players on initial 53-man rosters every year, and simple math shows there’s always a numbers game at hand.

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