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ca⋅det

   [kuh-det]
–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 capital 2
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ca·det     (kə-dět')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
    1. A younger son or brother.
    2. A youngest son.
  3. Slang A pimp.

[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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cadetship

noun
the position of cadet 

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Cadetship

Ca*det"ship\, n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

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