cadet
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
Other meanings
A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
Junior. See also the heraldic term cadency.
Related words
- cadetcy
- air cadet
- space cadet
- cadet blue
- cadet branch
- cadet gray
- cadet grey
- cadet house
- officer cadet
Word history
From Latin "capitellum" (small head).
Where this comes from
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