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cadet

noun

  1. Now Rare a younger son or brother
  2. Historical a younger son who became a gentleman volunteer in the army to offset his lack of patrimony
  3. a student in training at an armed forces academy
  4. a student at a military school
  5. ☆ any trainee, as a practice teacher or a junior business associate
  6. Slang a pimp

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See cadet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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