Meanings
noundraftee (plural draftees)
plural draftees
- One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
During a televised interview on Wednesday, Shoigu said Russia would be targeting 300,000 draftees, mainly those with recent military experience.
2022 September 22, Andrew Roth, “‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsomeone who is drafted into military service
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian на́борник, новобра́нец
- на́борник (nábornik)one who is drafted
- новобра́нец (novobránec)one who is drafted
Chinese Mandarin 新兵
- 新兵 (xīnbīng)one who is drafted
Czech branec
- branecone who is drafted
Dutch dienstplichtige
- dienstplichtigeone who is drafted
Estonian noorsõdur
- noorsõdurone who is drafted
Finnish asevelvollinen
- asevelvollinenone who is drafted
French appelé
- appeléone who is drafted
German Wehrpflichtiger, Rekrut
- Wehrpflichtigerone who is drafted
- Rekrutone who is drafted
Hungarian újonc, regruta
- újoncone who is drafted
- regrutaone who is drafted
Italian coscritto, soldato di leva
- coscrittoone who is drafted
- soldato di levaone who is drafted
Japanese 召集兵, 徴集兵
- 召集兵 (shōshūhei)one who is drafted
- 徴集兵 (chōshūhei)one who is drafted
- 応召兵 (ōshōhei)one who is drafted
- 応召者 (ōshōsha)one who is drafted
- 徴募兵 (chōbohei)one who is drafted
- 新兵 (shinpei)one who is drafted
Korean 징집된 사람, 신병
- 징집된 사람 (jingjipdoen saram)one who is drafted
- 신병 (sinbyeong)one who is drafted
- 징집병 (jingjipbyeong)one who is drafted
Latvian iesaucamais
- iesaucamaisone who is drafted
Lithuanian šauktinis
- šauktinisone who is drafted
Polish rekrut
- rekrutone who is drafted
Portuguese recruta
- recrutaone who is drafted
Romanian recrut
- recrutone who is drafted
Russian призывни́к, новобра́нец
- призывни́к (prizyvník)one who is drafted
- новобра́нец (novobránec)one who is drafted
- ре́крут (rékrut)one who is drafted
Slovak branec
- branecone who is drafted
Spanish recluta, conscripto
- reclutaone who is drafted
- conscriptoone who is drafted
Ukrainian призо́вник, призовни́к
- призо́вник (pryzóvnyk)one who is drafted
- призовни́к (pryzovnýk)one who is drafted
- новобра́нець (novobránecʹ)one who is drafted
- ре́крут (rékrut)one who is drafted
Yiddish פּריזיווניק
- פּריזיווניק (prizivnik)one who is drafted
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with draftee
All rhymes →Sounds the same
draftydraughty (one pronunication)
Cite this entry
APA
draftee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draftee
MLA
“draftee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draftee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “draftee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/draftee.
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