What does cadet mean?
Cadet means A student at a military school who is training to be an officer..
Cadet
/kəˈdɛt/ · noun
Meaning
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer..
Definitions by Sense
- A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- (chiefly history) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
- (in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
- (archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
- (New Zealand, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
- (Australia) A participant in a cadetship.
Example Sentences
Bertram is certainly well off for a cadet of even a Baronet's family. By the time he is four or five and twenty he will have seven hundred a year, and nothing to do for it.
a cadet branch of the family
Synonyms for cadet
Antonyms for cadet
Related Words
Word Forms
- cadets
Usage Notes
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for cadet?
Common synonyms include plebe.
What is the opposite of cadet?
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
How do you use cadet in a sentence?
Bertram is certainly well off for a cadet of even a Baronet's family. By the time he is four or five and twenty he will have seven hundred a year, and nothing to do for it.
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