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