noun
- Now Rare a younger son or brother
- Historical a younger son who became a gentleman volunteer in the army to offset his lack of patrimony
- a student in training at an armed forces academy
- a student at a military school
- ☆ any trainee, as a practice teacher or a junior business associate
- ☆ Slang a pimp
Origin:
Fr, younger son < Gascon capdet, captain, chief < Prov capdel < LL capitellum, dim. of L caput, head