transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈdet ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, from Gascon capdet chief, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin capit-, caput head — more at head
Date: 1610
1.
a. : a younger brother or son
b. : youngest son
c. : a younger branch of a family or a member of it
2. : one in training for a military or naval commission ; especially : a student in a service academy
3. slang : pimp
• ca·det·ship -ˌship noun