drafteen.
/drɑːfˈtiː//drafˈtiː/ U.S.
A conscript. Also transferred.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > conscript
levy1611
pressman1638
forced man1748
lotman1758
conscript1798
draftee1866
draft1916
chocolate soldier1939
choco1940
selectee1940
G.I.1943
national serviceman1949
1866 ‘F. Kirkland’ Pictorial Bk. Anecd. 162 The young draftee appeared a little bewildered.
1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden xlii. 420 The draftees wouldn't look at their mothers.
1953 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 Feb. 7 The American ‘draftee’..is subject to these interferences.
1964 Economist 1 Feb. 412/1 The third willing draftee is Mr. Richard Nixon.
1969 I. Kemp Brit. G.I. in Vietnam iv. 74 My companion, Bob Horton, was a draftee a little younger than myself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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