"cadette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈdɛt/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-au-cadet.ogg [Australia] Forms: cadettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From cadet + -ette. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cadet|-ette<id:female>|text=+|tree=1}} From cadet + -ette. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cadette (plural cadettes)
  1. (rare, Philippines) A female cadet. Tags: Philippines, rare
    Sense id: en-cadette-en-noun-OOLjtxdZ Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette (female), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Scouting Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ette (female): 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 58 35 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 35 1 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 65 35 Disambiguation of Scouting: 51 49
  2. A member of the Girl Scouts of the USA of a rank between junior and senior.
    Sense id: en-cadette-en-noun-I6iJ6Xgc Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, Scouting Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 54 46 Disambiguation of Scouting: 51 49

Inflected forms

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}

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