cadet

ca·det

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 of cadet

Fr, younger son from Gascon capdet, captain, chief from Provençal capdel from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Classical Latin caput, head

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cadet

noun

a. A student at a military school or in a military program training to be an officer.
b. A student training to be a police officer.
a. A younger son or brother.
b. A youngest son.

Origin of cadet

French from dialectal capdet captain from Late Latin capitellum diminutive of Latin caput capit- head ; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.

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ca·det′ship′
noun

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Noun

(plural cadets)

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
(largely historical) 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.)
a cadet branch of the family

Anagrams

acted, ectad

Origin

From French cadet, from Gascon Occitan capdet, from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”). Attested in English from 1634.

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