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ca·det I. \kəˈdet, usu -ded.+V, West Pȯint slang ˈkāˌd-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French, from dialect (Gascon) capdet chief, captain, from Late Latin capitellum small head, diminutive of Latin capit-, caput head — more at head 1. a. : a younger brother or son b. : the youngest son c. : a younger branch of a family < a cadet of a royal line > d. : a member of such a younger branch 2. a. : a gentleman who enlisted in a military regiment for the purpose of acquiring military skill and eventually a commission b. : one in training for military or naval service as a commissioned officer in the armed forces; specifically : a pupil in a national military school c. : a trainee working to gain a merchant-marine license (as for third mate) d. : a member of the armed forces assigned as a student in a special-service school to train for a commission < an aviation cadet > e. : a student in a private military academy f. : one undergoing training for officership in the Salvation Army 3. a. : a junior in a business or occupation who is engaged principally in learning < entered the civil service as cadet > < a cadet teacher > b. Australia : an apprentice on a sheep or cattle farm 4. slang : pimp 5. : a grayish blue that is redder and paler than electric, redder and duller than copenhagen, and less strong and very slightly redder than Gobelin II. \kəˈdet, usu -ded.+V\ noun (-s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Russian Kadet, by shortening & alteration (influenced by kadet young soldier) from Konstitutsionno-Demokraticheskaya (Partiya) Constitutional Democractic Party : a member of the former Constitutional Democratic party of Russia |