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Cadet2|kəˈdɛt|
Also Kadet.
[Russ. Kadét, f. the names (Ka de) of the initials of Konstitutsiónnȳĭ demokrát Constitutional Democrat, with ending assimilated to that of cadet1.]
In Russian politics, a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
This party was formed in 1905 by a fusion of the group favouring autonomy for Poland and a federal constitution for the Russian empire with the (so-called) Independence Party formed by political exiles at Paris in 1903.
1906Daily Chron. 22 May 7/5 The ‘Cadets’ (Constitutional Democrats)..have decided..to wait until the agrarian question comes on for discussion. 1908Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 2/1 The more brilliant Zemstvo Liberals, who did so much to found the Cadet (or Liberal) Party. 1918[see Bolshevik n.]. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 14/3 The Kadets must properly be described as radicals. Ibid. 17 Jan. 31/4 The Cadets advanced the claim..to a sovereign and democratically elected legislature. |