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cadet

1

[ kuh-det ]

noun

  1. a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
  2. a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Coast Guard. Compare midshipman ( def 1 ).
  3. a trainee in a business or profession.
  4. a younger son or brother.
  5. the youngest son.
  6. (formerly) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a subsequent commission.
  7. Also called cadet blue. a grayish to strong blue color.
  8. Also called cadet gray. a bluish-gray to purplish-blue color.
  9. Slang. a pimp.


Cadet

2

[ kuh-det ]

noun

Russian History.
  1. a member of the former Constitutional Democratic Party.

cadet

/ °ìəˈ»åÉ›³Ù /

noun

  1. a young person undergoing preliminary training, usually before full entry to the uniformed services, police, etc, esp for officer status
  2. a school pupil receiving elementary military training in a school corps
  3. (in England and in France before 1789) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a commission
  4. a younger son or brother
  5. cadet branch
    the family or family branch of a younger son
  6. (in New Zealand) a person learning sheep farming on a sheep station
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cadet1

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; capital 2

Origin of cadet2

< Russian °ì²¹»åé³Ù, equivalent to ka + de (the letter names of k, d, representing konstitutsiónnyÄ­ demokrát Constitutional Democrat) + -t from °ì²¹»åé³Ù (now obsolete) cadet
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cadet1

C17: from French, from dialect (Gascon) capdet captain, ultimately from Latin caput head
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Example Sentences

On Sunday, Phoebe Beltran was completing her swim test for the cadet junior lifeguard program near 2100 Ocean Boulevard, she told The Times.

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On the day he was to put on his cadet uniform for the first time, the school declared him medically ineligible because of his childhood disease.

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“Time for a sidebar,†she said, as we all huddled around our dating cadets for a quick assessment and to provide tips to steer the course of the conversation.

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Nine of the teenagers who brought charges were pupils at Lagan College in Belfast and two were Army cadets.

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I recall marching down Fifth Avenue in 1968 in a Veterans Day parade wearing my cadet dress uniform.

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