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ca·det 
[kuh-det] Pronunciation Key
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[kuh-det] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship. |
| 2. | a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Coast Guard. Compare midshipman (def. 1). |
| 3. | a trainee in a business or profession. |
| 4. | a younger son or brother. |
| 5. | the youngest son. |
| 6. | (formerly) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a subsequent commission. |
| 7. | Also called cadet blue. a grayish to strong blue color. |
| 8. | Also called cadet gray. a bluish-gray to purplish-blue color. |
| 9. | Slang. a pimp. |
[Origin: 1600–10; < F < Gascon capdet chief, captain (referring to the younger sons of noble families); cf. OPr capdel headman < L capitellum lit., small head; see capital2]
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ca·det·ship, noun
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Ca·det
[kuh-det] Pronunciation Key
[kuh-det] Pronunciation Key –noun Russian History.
| a member of the former Constitutional Democratic party. |
[Origin: < Russ kadét, equiv. to ka + de (the letter names of k, d, repr. konstitutsiónnyĭ demokrát Constitutional Democrat) + -t from kadét (now obs.) cadet]
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| ca·det
(kə-dět') Pronunciation Key
n.
[French, from dialectal capdet, captain, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.] ca·det'ship' n. |
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cadet
1610, originally "young son," Fr. from Gascon capdet "captain, chief," from L.L. capitellum, dim. of L. caput "head" (see head). Younger sons from Gascon families apparently were sent to French court to serve as officers.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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CADET
Computer Aided Design Experimental Translator.
[Sammet 1969, p. 683].
(1994-11-29)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Cadet, MO Zip code(s): 63630
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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.]1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. The cadet of an ancient and noble family. --Wood. 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. 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Cadet
Ca*det"\, n. 1. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. 2. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
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