cadetca‧det /kəˈdet/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINcadet
ExamplesOrigin:
1600-1700 French, French dialect capdet ‘chief’, from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput ‘head’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- All have been admitting and graduating women cadets for years now.
- And what would become of the two remaining women cadets, and the many more who hoped to follow in their footsteps?
- By May the cadets had come to the end of their training.
- By that time the officer cadets were in hospital.
- The report recommended that each midshipman and cadet spend a semester at another service academy.
- These officer cadets have been at the Academy since early May and are now well into their fourteen-week first term.
- This kept alive the nineteenth-century export trade in cadets of major ruling houses.
- Thomas' son is a cadet at the school.
WORD SETS► Army
Collocationsadjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► female
someone who is training to be an officer in the army, navy, air force, or police· Shannon Faulkner, its first female cadet, had won court-ordered admission last August but dropped out after less than a week.· When she joined the force 21 years ago, Pengel was in the first class of female cadets.
NOUN► officer· The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it.· By that time the officer cadets were in hospital.· These officer cadets have been at the Academy since early May and are now well into their fourteen-week first term.· Surely the uniform of an officer cadet was something to be proud of.
► space· Was it because she is a mixed-up, self-centred space cadet?