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ca·det

(kə-dĕt′)

a. A student at a military school or in a military program training to be an officer.

b. A student training to be a police officer.

a. A younger son or brother.

b. A youngest son.

[French, from dialectal capdet, captain, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

ca·det′ship′ n.

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cadet

(kəˈdɛt)

1. (Military) a young person undergoing preliminary training, usually before full entry to the uniformed services, police, etc, esp for officer status

2. (Military) a school pupil receiving elementary military training in a school corps

3. (Historical Terms) (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. cadet branch the family or family branch of a younger son

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

[C17: from French, from dialect (Gascon) capdet captain, ultimately from Latin caput head]

caˈdetship n

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ca•det

(kəˈdɛt)

n.

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. Slang. a pimp.

[1600–10; < French < Gascon capdet chief, captain (referring to the younger sons of noble families)]

ca•det′ship, n.

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Noun

cadet - a military trainee (as at a military academy)

plebe

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

midshipman - a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

trainee - someone who is being trained

Translations

طالب طالِبُ مَدْرَسَةٍ عَسْكَرِيَّهطَالِبٌ عَسْكَرِيّقُوَّةُ طُلاب مَدْرَسَةٍ عَسْكَرِيَّهمُتَدَرِّب عَسْكَري

kadetkadetní

kadetkadet-officerselev

Kadett

μαθητής στρατιωτικής σχολής

cadete

kadetti

cadet élève officier

kadet

kadét

kadett-kadett, nemikadett, nemi í herskóla

cadetto accademista

生徒

생도

kadetaskarinį parengimą lankantis moksleivis

audzēkniskadetskafejnīcakursants

kadetkadetský

kadett

นักเรียนทหาร

askeri eğitim gören öğrenciaskeri öğrenciharb okulu/polis koleji öğrencisikadet

học viên trường sĩ quan

军官学校学生军校或警校学生军训学生军训的

cadet

[kəˈdet]

A. N

1. (Mil etc) → cadete m

2. (= younger son) → hijo m menor

B. CPD cadet corps N (Brit) (in school) → cuerpo m de alumnos que reciben entrenamiento militar (Police) → cuerpo m de cadetes
cadet school N → escuela f en la que se ofrece instrucción militar

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cadet

[kəˈdɛt]

(= soldier) → élève m officier

(= policeman) police cadet → élève m agent de police

modif
a cadet officer → un élève officiercadet school n → école f militaire

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cadet

(Mil etc) → Kadett m; cadet school → Kadettenanstalt f

(old) → jüngerer Sohn/Bruder

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cadet

[kəˈdɛt] n (Mil) → cadetto
police cadet → allievo poliziotto

cadet

(kəˈdet) noun

1. a student in a military, naval or police school. an army cadet; a police cadet.

2. a schoolboy taking military training.

adjective

a school cadet force.

cadet

→ طَالِبٌ عَسْكَرِيّ kadet kadet Kadett μαθητής στρατιωτικής σχολής cadete kadetti cadet kadet cadetto 生徒 생도 cadet kadett kadet cadete курсант kadett นักเรียนทหาร askeri öğrenci học viên trường sĩ quan 军官学校学生

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Though of more than average height, he was handsome and agile, and he would have been an altogether exemplary cadet had it not been for his quick temper.

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And upon my honour there is great justice in the cadet's observation."

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"I wasn't long in the artillery; I'm a cadet retired," he said, and he began to explain how he had failed in his examination.

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A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy.

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(John was an old servant, and had known his master when he was the cadet of the house, therefore, he often gave him his Christian name)--"I knew what Mr.

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"You see yours is already an officer in the Guards, while my Nicholas is going as a cadet. There's no one to interest himself for him.

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Any glamour which may have attached to cadet life in Poe's eyes was speedily lost, for discipline at West Point was never so severe nor were the accommodations ever so poor.

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You dragged me home from a public school before I could even join my cadet corps.

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By-and-by she will know the art like a West Point cadet, and will exercise it as fearlessly.

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de Chevalier Dessessart to admit D'Artagnan as a cadet in his company of Guards.

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TOM joined the new order of Cadets of Temperance, being attracted by the showy character of their "regalia." He promised to abstain from smoking, chewing, and profanity as long as he remained a mem- ber.

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As I walked about there I congratulated myself that I had not brought some Lincoln girl who would talk during the waits about the junior dances, or whether the cadets would camp at Plattsmouth.