Definition of Draftee

1. Noun. Someone who is drafted into military service.

Exact synonyms: Conscript, Inductee
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Man, Military Man, Military Personnel, Serviceman
Derivative terms: Conscript, Draft, Induct
Antonyms: Volunteer

Definition of Draftee

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Draftee

1. one that is drafted [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Draftee

draft animals
draft beer
draft board
draft card
draft cards
draft copy
draft dodger
draft dodgers
draft environmental impact statement
draft evader
draft horse
draft horses
draft stop
draftable
drafted
draftee (current term)
draftees
drafter
drafter's ruler
drafters
draftier
draftiest
draftily
draftiness
draftinesses
drafting
drafting board
drafting instrument
drafting table
draftings

Literary usage of Draftee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Check List of the Literature and Other Material in the Library of Congress by Herman Henry Bernard Meyer (1918)
"In the trail of the German army. Lond., 1914. D527.I4 In the national army hopper, by draftee no. 357. Phila., [1917]. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Insurance <S=»79I(I)—draftee Is "enlisted man" within terms of policy. A draftee is an "enlisted man," within the purview of a life policy which allowed the ..."

3. Proceedings [of The] Convention (1904)
"From the first draftee that went to the armed forces, we paid those draftees $1.00 a day while they were in the armed forces. This grew to a large amount of ..."

4. Handbook On Soviet Ground Forcesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"While a draftee is on active duty, his commanding officer may tell the ... Commendations will be forwarded, as well as problems which* the draftee might ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"... draftee a Constitution, which was published on October 20, 1860, and became known as the " October Charter." Its fundamental aim was the restoration of ..."

6. The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith (1920)
"Sturdy idlers were arrested and draftee j into the new proletariat needed by capital. "Wher whipping, branding, and short terms of ..."

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