as in conscripts
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 draftees
Those guys are important Poles draftees.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for draftees
Noun
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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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This will require compromise among leaders who prioritize raising compensation for career soldiers and extending the service of conscripts and those who favor fielding new military capabilities.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Facility one-upsmanship, all in the name of attracting better recruits, led to practice facilities with mini-golf courses (Clemson), marble showers in the locker room (Oregon) and sensory deprivation tanks (Georgia).—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Three class of 2026 recruits have decommitted from the program in 2025, including two four-star players in Bryson Beaver and Tradon Bessinger.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Draftees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/draftees. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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