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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.

  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

/ əˈɛ /

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. the family or family branch of a younger son

  6. (in New Zealand) a person learning sheep farming on a sheep station

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  • cadetship noun
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Word 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 첹é, equivalent to ka + de (the letter names of k, d, representing konstitutsiónnyĭ demokrát Constitutional Democrat) + -t from 첹é (now obsolete) cadet
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cadet1

C17: from French, from dialect (Gascon) capdet captain, ultimately from Latin caput head
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According to a biography on the government website, he joined the RAF in 1989 as a university cadet, and served as deputy chief of the defence staff from 2019 to 2022.

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That is expected to include announcements about British industry creating more defence kit, expanding the cadet forces, and bolstering the number of men and women in the military reserves.

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ever the reason, on October 12, 1963, Donald led the specially assembled company of cadets down Fifth Avenue, past some of the premiere addresses in the city of his birth.

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Trump spent time praising the cadets before him, referring to them at one point as “a bunch of male models.”

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Mexicans are mourning the death of two young Navy cadets who were killed on Saturday when the training tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc crashed into Brooklyn Bridge.

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