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[ kuh -det ] SHOW IPA
/ kəˈdɛt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Coast Guard. Compare midshipman (def. 1).
a trainee in a business or profession.
a younger son or brother.
the youngest son.
(formerly) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a subsequent commission.
Also called cadet blue . a grayish to strong blue color.
Also called cadet gray . a bluish-gray to purplish-blue color.
Slang . a pimp.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of cadet 1600–10; <French <Gascon capdet chief, captain (referring to the younger sons of noble families); compare Old Provençal capdel headman <Latin capitellum literally, small head; see capital2
OTHER WORDS FROM cadet ca·det·ship, noun Words nearby cadet cadency, cadent, cadent house, cadential, cadenza, cadet , cadet cloth, cadette, cadge, cadger, cadgy
Definition for cadet (2 of 2) [ kuh -det ] SHOW IPA
/ kəˈdɛt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Russian History . a member of the former Constitutional Democratic Party.
Origin of Cadet <Russian kadét, equivalent to ka + de (the letter names of k, d, representing konstitutsiónnyĭ demokrát Constitutional Democrat) + -t from kadét (now obsolete) cadet
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Example sentences from the Web for cadet The Cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Once a cadet dropped a brick from a third-story barracks window that barely missed Jackson.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Over a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called “wanton disrespect.”
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He walked over to Jackson and ordered him to report the cadet officers responsible for allowing this to happen.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor | S. C. Gwynne| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Col. Byrne was the father of Eugene Byrne, the West Point cadet who died recently from injuries received in a football game.
When West Point Football Turned Fatal | Nicolaus Mills| October 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
And our cadet battalions are making themselves very much at home at Oxford and Cambridge.
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War | Punch
You are my debtor, Cadet —I shall call you that: you shall have a chance of paying.
The Trespasser, Complete | Gilbert Parker
The teacher, however, snared the cadet in a neo-judo hold that no neophyte, however skilled or strong could break.
Man of Many Minds | E. Everett Evans
A few words must be said about the cadet branches of the Habsburg family.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 | Various
"Not even for a second class buzzard, the lowest thing in cadet rank at the Naval Academy," replied Stonewell.
An Annapolis First Classman | Lt.Com Edward L. Beach
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British Dictionary definitions for cadet noun a young person undergoing preliminary training, usually before full entry to the uniformed services, police, etc, esp for officer status
a school pupil receiving elementary military training in a school corps
(in England and in France before 1789) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a commission
a younger son or brother
cadet branch the family or family branch of a younger son
(in New Zealand) a person learning sheep farming on a sheep station
Derived forms of cadet cadetship , noun Word Origin for cadet C17: from French, from dialect (Gascon) capdet captain, ultimately from Latin caput head
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Words related to cadet youth, student, recruit, junior, plebe, midshipman