Cadet Definition
kə-dĕt
cadets
noun
cadets
A younger son who became a gentleman volunteer in the army to offset his lack of patrimony.
Webster's New World
A younger son or brother.
Webster's New World
A student in training at an armed forces academy.
Webster's New World
A student at a military school.
Webster's New World
A youngest son.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Cadet
Noun
Singular:
cadetPlural:
cadetsOrigin of Cadet
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French from dialectal capdet captain from Late Latin capitellum diminutive of Latin caput capit- head kaput- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French cadet, from Gascon Occitan capdet, from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”). Attested in English from 1634.
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