cadet

6 definitions found

cadet - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cadet \Ca*det"\, n. [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or
     brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the
     family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf.
     Cad.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the
        youngest son.
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              The cadet of an ancient and noble family. --Wood.
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     2. (Mil.)
        (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a
            volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and
            obtaining a commission.
        (b) A young man in training for military or naval service;
            esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West
            Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
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     Note: All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets.
           The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet
           engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
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     3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming
        at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep
        station.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put
        them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

cadet - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cadet
      n 1: a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn:
           cadet, plebe]

cadet - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  CADET
  
     Computer Aided Design Experimental Translator.
  
     [Sammet 1969, p. 683].
  
     (1994-11-29)
  

cadet - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Cadet, MO
    Zip code(s): 63630

cadet - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CADET. A younger brother, one trained up for the army or navy.
  
  

cadet - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "cadet":
     Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, bluejacket, boot, freshman,
     frogman, gob, horse marine, jolly, junior, marine, midshipman,
     midshipmite, naval cadet, navy man, plebe, senior, soph, sophomore,
     swabbie, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman