"cadet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈdɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-cadet.ogg [Australia] Forms: cadets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: Borrowed from French cadet, from Gascon capdet, from Late Latin capitellum (“small head”). Attested in English from 1634. Doublet of caddie, cadel, capitellum, caudillo, and Kadet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|cadet}} French cadet, {{m|oc|capdet}} capdet, {{der|en|LL.|capitellum||small head}} Late Latin capitellum (“small head”), {{doublet|en|caddie|cadel|capitellum|caudillo|Kadet}} Doublet of caddie, cadel, capitellum, caudillo, and Kadet Head templates: {{en-noun}} cadet (plural cadets)
  1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. Categories (topical): People Translations (a student at a military school who is training to be an officer): kadet [masculine] (Albanian), kadete [feminine] (Albanian), تِمْلِيذ عَسْكَرِيّ (timlīḏ ʕaskariyy) [masculine] (Arabic), تِمْلِيذَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (alt: timlīḏa(t) ʕaskariyya) [feminine] (Arabic), курсант (kursant) [masculine] (Belarusian), курсантка (kursantka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кадзет (kadzjet) [masculine] (Belarusian), кадэт (kadet) [masculine] (Belarusian), кадзетка (kadzjetka) [feminine] (Belarusian), кадэтка (kadetka) [feminine] (Belarusian), каде́т (kadét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ю́нкер (júnker) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kadet [common-gender] (Danish), kadeto [singular] (Esperanto), kadetti (Finnish), cadet [masculine] (French), Kadett [masculine] (German), Offiziersanwärter [masculine] (German), kadéta (Hungarian), kadét (Hungarian), kadett [masculine] (Icelandic), dalta [masculine] (Irish), dalta airm [masculine] (Irish), cadetto [masculine] (Italian), allievo ufficiale [masculine] (Italian), kariūnas [masculine] (Lithuanian), питомец (pitomec) [masculine] (Macedonian), hōia tauira (Maori), tama hōia (Maori), kadett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kadett [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دانشجوی افسری (dânešju-ye afsari) (Persian), kadet [masculine] (Polish), cadete [masculine] (Portuguese), курса́нт (kursánt) [masculine] (Russian), каде́т (kadét) [masculine] (Russian), ю́нкер (júnker) [historical, masculine] (Russian), òglach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kadete (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-YvlfZj9t Disambiguation of People: 13 12 4 31 28 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 24 11 23 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 5 21 10 18 16 Disambiguation of 'a student at a military school who is training to be an officer': 76 3 5 6 6 3
  2. (chiefly history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. Categories (topical): History, People Translations (younger son): yngre søn [common-gender] (Danish), puîné [masculine] (French), jüngerer Bruder [masculine] (German), jüngerer Sohn [masculine] (German), cadetto [masculine] (Italian), racoulot (note: from many children) [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-Xv0ix3R4 Disambiguation of People: 13 12 4 31 28 12 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'younger son': 4 59 12 11 11 3
  3. (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.) Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): Genealogy
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-K1kq7iPO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 24 11 23 11
  4. (archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. Tags: US, archaic, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-m6L9vrW6 Disambiguation of People: 13 12 4 31 28 12 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 24 11 23 11
  5. (New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. Tags: New-Zealand, historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-02B8DJfK Disambiguation of People: 13 12 4 31 28 12 Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 24 11 23 11
  6. (Australia) A participant in a cadetship. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-cadet-en-noun-pV9Ni1bz Disambiguation of People: 13 12 4 31 28 12 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 4 24 11 23 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: air cadet, cadet blue, cadet branch, cadet gray, cadet grey, cadet house, officer cadet, space cadet Related terms: cadette

Inflected forms

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  "word": "cadet"
}

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