cadetnoun [ C ]
uk/kəˈdet/us/kəˈdet/a student in the armed forces or the police
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Students & pupils
- -grader
- alumna
- alumnus
- attrition
- batchmate
- boarder
- entrant
- graduate
- infant
- intern
- internship
- learner
- mature age student
- pupil
- schoolgirl
- schoolmate
- sixth-former
- sophomore
- student
- theologian
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People who work for the police service
Examples from literature
- A grimy, tired-looking officer turned and walked over to the cadet.
- Cadets raced through the halls and across the quadrangle.
- Major Smith was the commandant of cadets, and I the superintendent.
- Max is still a cadet in the Naval Academy, pursuing his course there in a manner altogether satisfactory to his father and friends.
- The cadets were all in their quarters in barracks, hard at study, or supposed to be.