noun
Meaning 1
One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
draftee
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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drăf-tē'
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/dɹæfˈti/
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/ˈdɹæf.ti/
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/dɹɑːfˈti/ trap–bath split
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/ˈdɹɑːf.ti/ trap–bath split
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homophone: drafty
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homophone: draughty (one pronunication)
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rhymes with -iː
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rhymes with -ɑːfti
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rhymes with -æfti
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CMU ARPABET: D R AE1 F T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
someone who is drafted into military service
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conscript, inductee
Antonyms: volunteer
Broader terms: serviceman, military man, man, military personnel
History
Etymology
From draft + -ee.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: զորակոչիկ (zorakočʻik) — one who is drafted
- Azerbaijani: çağırışçı — one who is drafted
- Belarusian: прызыўні́к (pryzywník) — one who is drafted
- Belarusian: навабра́нец (navabránjec) — one who is drafted
- Belarusian: рэ́крут (rékrut) — one who is drafted
- Bulgarian: на́борник (nábornik) — one who is drafted
- Bulgarian: новобра́нец (novobránec) — one who is drafted
- Chinese Mandarin: 新兵 (xīnbīng) — one who is drafted
- Czech: branec — one who is drafted
- Dutch: dienstplichtige — one who is drafted
- Estonian: noorsõdur — one who is drafted
- Finnish: asevelvollinen — one who is drafted
- French: appelé — one who is drafted
- Georgian: გაწვეული (gac̣veuli) — one who is drafted
- German: Wehrpflichtiger — one who is drafted
- German: Rekrut — one who is drafted
- Hungarian: újonc — one who is drafted
- Hungarian: regruta — one who is drafted
- Interlingua: conscripto — one who is drafted
- Italian: coscritto — one who is drafted
- Italian: soldato di leva — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 召集兵 (shōshūhei) — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 徴集兵 (chōshūhei) — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 応召兵 (ōshōhei) — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 応召者 (ōshōsha) — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 徴募兵 (chōbohei) — one who is drafted
- Japanese: 新兵 (shinpei) — one who is drafted
- Korean: 징집된 사람 (jingjipdoen saram) — one who is drafted
- Korean: 신병 (sinbyeong) — one who is drafted
- Korean: 징집병 (jingjipbyeong) — one who is drafted
- Latvian: iesaucamais — one who is drafted
- Lithuanian: šauktinis — one who is drafted
- Macedonian: регрут (regrut) — one who is drafted
- Polish: rekrut — one who is drafted
- Portuguese: recruta — one who is drafted
- Romanian: recrut — one who is drafted
- Russian: призывни́к (prizyvník) — one who is drafted
- Russian: новобра́нец (novobránec) — one who is drafted
- Russian: ре́крут (rékrut) — one who is drafted
- Serbo-Croatian: рѐгрӯт — one who is drafted
- Serbo-Croatian: règrūt — one who is drafted
- Slovak: branec — one who is drafted
- Slovene: nabornik — one who is drafted
- Slovene: nabornica — one who is drafted
- Spanish: recluta — one who is drafted
- Spanish: conscripto — one who is drafted
- Ukrainian: призо́вник (pryzóvnyk) — one who is drafted
- Ukrainian: призовни́к (pryzovnýk) — one who is drafted
- Ukrainian: новобра́нець (novobránecʹ) — one who is drafted
- Ukrainian: ре́крут (rékrut) — one who is drafted
- Yiddish: פּריזיווניק (prizivnik) — one who is drafted
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