cadet
[ kuh-det ]
/ kəˈdɛt /
noun
Origin of cadet
1600–10; < French < Gascon
capdet chief, captain (referring to the younger sons of noble families); compare Old Provençal
capdel headman < Latin
capitellum literally, small head; see
capital2
OTHER WORDS FROM cadet
ca·det·ship, nounWords nearby cadet
cadency,
cadent,
cadent house,
cadential,
cadenza,
cadet,
cadet cloth,
cadette,
cadge,
cadger,
cadgy
Definition for cadet (2 of 2)
Cadet
[ kuh-det ]
/ kəˈdɛt /
noun Russian History.
a member of the former Constitutional Democratic Party.
Origin of Cadet
< Russian
kadét, equivalent to
ka +
de (the letter names of
k, d, representing
konstitutsiónnyĭ demokrát Constitutional Democrat) +
-t from
kadét (now obsolete)
cadet
Example sentences from the Web for cadet
British Dictionary definitions for cadet
cadet
/ (kəˈdɛt) /
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
cadet branch
the family or family branch of a younger son
(in New Zealand) a person learning sheep farming on a sheep station
Derived forms of cadet
cadetship, nounWord Origin for cadet
C17: from French, from dialect (Gascon)
capdet captain, ultimately from Latin
caput head