selectee

noun

sə-ˌlek-ˈtē How to pronounce selectee (audio)
Definition of selecteenext
1
as in recruit
a person forced or required to enroll in military service had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War

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2
as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program

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Recent Examples of selectee The selectees, announced yesterday (June 9), were NASA's Randy Bresnik (commander), the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Luca Parmitano (pilot), and NASA mission specialists Andre Douglas and Frank Rubio. — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 June 2026 Under former coach Billy Napier, the Gators’ NFL output dwindled, best illustrated by the Gators having a single pick in 2024 and no selectees in the first three rounds last year. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2026 Ars Technica's space reporters ranked the five selectees for the European Launcher Challenge in order from most likely to least likely to reach orbit. — ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025 The church, erected in 1921, is among the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2024 selectees. — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 Each of the selectees for 2023 can reasonably be considered a household name. — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selectee
  1. recruit
  2. nominee
  3. conscript
  4. candidate
  5. inductee
Noun
  • Henderson was one of the first recruits the Cougars hosted under the new coaching staff.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026
  • Its recruit and redeploy stages require roles decomposed into explicit tasks—making what AI can augment answerable task by task.
    — Manu Khetan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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  • Republican voters will decide on their nominee for Michigan governor on Tuesday as well.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Less well known is that Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominee for governor, has an equally personal experience with adoption.
    — Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of nominee
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  • But now that this system is reaching its limits, the regime is preparing to switch back to conscription—this time relying on electronic draft notices that are quieter and can be sent out year-round to thousands of potential conscripts.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • As Argentina emerged from the trauma of the brutal dictatorship, many veterans and families of conscripts killed in the war felt their sacrifices had been sidelined by a nascent democracy that sought to distance itself from the disaster.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Definition of conscript
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  • But the learning curve was steep until new AI tools came along, said Murtaza Ali, a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington whose research focuses on computer science education.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This was a love letter to the Shield that doubled as a match-of-the-year candidate.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of candidate
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  • There have been 354 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 23 of them as managers.
    — Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who has largely remained out of the spotlight in recent years, now lives on Martha’s Vineyard.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Definition of inductee

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“Selectee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selectee. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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