draftee

as in conscript
a person forced or required to enroll in military service the massive mobilization required draftees to be rushed through training

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Recent Examples of draftee Those guys are important Poles draftees. Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025 Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 But quarterback development in the NFL is hardly linear, especially for draftees who are tossed into the fire. Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025 The others are rookie draftees, with Grant being the first-round pick, Phillips a fifth-rounder and Biggers a seventh-rounder. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025 That doesn’t even account for the likes of Andrew Nembhard, Isaiah Jackson, Bennedict Mathurin, Jarace Walker and other Pacers draftees that have grown under the team’s current coaching staff. Tony East, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
  • The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.
    Will Tizard, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.
    Jo Livingstone, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • The Hurricanes on Sunday landed another blue-chip recruit for their Class of 2026, receiving an oral commitment from four-star cornerback JJ Dunnigan.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Since the company only recruits from within, the next CEO of P&G is today a brand manager.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025

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“Draftee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draftee. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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