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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


ca⋅det⋅ship, noun

Ca⋅det

[kuh-det]
–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')   
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.

  2. 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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Word Origin & History

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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Computing Dictionary

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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