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cadet
1[kuh-det]
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.
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.
Cadet
2[kuh-det]
noun
a member of the former Constitutional Democratic Party.
cadet
/ əˈɛ /
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
the family or family branch of a younger son
(in New Zealand) a person learning sheep farming on a sheep station
Other Word Forms
- cadetship noun
- ˈٲ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of cadet1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
Trump spent time praising the cadets before him, referring to them at one point as “a bunch of male models.”
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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