selecteen.

Brit.

/sᵻˌlɛkˈtiː/, U.S.

/səˌlɛkˈti/

Etymology: < select v. + -ee suffix¹.

U.S.

A person selected for military service under the Selective Service system; a draftee. Now chiefly transferred.

ΘΚΠ

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

1940 Army & Navy Register (U.S.) 30 Nov. 7/2 The public considers the percentage of rejections of selectees high.

1942 Newsweek 27 Apr. 41/3 The Selectee is to be given a furlough up to ten days to arrange his personal affairs.

1958 Optima Mar. 47/2 The suspicion remains that the selectee is being favoured because he is regarded as the ‘comer’—the man most likely to succeed in the immediately foreseeable future.

1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10 a/3 Most of Carter's selectees..passed in a breeze.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	selectee
释义	selecteen. Brit. /sᵻˌlɛkˈtiː/, U.S. /səˌlɛkˈti/ Etymology: < select v. + -ee suffix¹. U.S. A person selected for military service under the Selective Service system; a draftee. Now chiefly transferred. ΘΚΠ 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 1940 Army & Navy Register (U.S.) 30 Nov. 7/2 The public considers the percentage of rejections of selectees high. 1942 Newsweek 27 Apr. 41/3 The Selectee is to be given a furlough up to ten days to arrange his personal affairs. 1958 Optima Mar. 47/2 The suspicion remains that the selectee is being favoured because he is regarded as the ‘comer’—the man most likely to succeed in the immediately foreseeable future. 1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10 a/3 Most of Carter's selectees..passed in a breeze. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1940
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