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Webster 1913 Edition


Cadet

Ca-det′

,
Noun.
[F.
cadet
a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L.
caput
head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See
Chief
, and cf.
Cad
.]
1.
The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
The
cadet
of an ancient and noble family.
Wood.
2.
(Mil.)
(a)
A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.
(b)
A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
☞ All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cadet

CADET

, n.
1.
The younger or youngest son.
2.
A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a private mane, with a view to acquire military skill, and obtain a commission. His service is voluntary, but he receives pay, and thus is distinguished from a volunteer.
3.
A young man, in a military school.

Definition 2024


cadet

cadet

English

Noun

cadet (plural cadets)

  1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
  2. (largely historical) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
  3. (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
    a cadet branch of the family
  4. (archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
  5. (New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

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References

  1. cadet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
  2. cadet” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.dɛ/

Adjective

cadet m (feminine singular cadette, masculine plural cadets, feminine plural cadettes)

  1. (family) youngest
    le fils cadet
    the youngest son

Noun

cadet m (plural cadets)

  1. cadet, student officer
  2. junior sportsperson, young player
  3. a younger sibling

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Latin

Verb

cadet

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of cadō