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Cadet

/kəˈdɛt/

A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

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📖 Definitions of "Cadet"

noun

1
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
2
A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
3
(in compounds, chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
"a cadet branch of the family"
4
A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

🔄 Synonyms of "Cadet"

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Word	Definition
plebenoun	(US, military, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cadet"

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Word	Definition
plebenoun	(US, military, slang) A freshman cadet at a military academy.
officernoun	One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
apprenticenoun	A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
traineenoun	Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
pupilnoun	(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
studentnoun	A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
midshipmannoun	(nautical) An officer of the lowest rank in several navies; especially, a trainee officer.
internnoun	A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
candidatenoun	A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
menteenoun	A person who is being mentored.
probationarynoun	An employee who is still in their probationary period.
nconoun	(military) Initialism of non-commissioned officer. [A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word.]
stagiairenoun	(cooking) A cook or chef who works as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
juniornoun	(countable, chiefly US, Philippines) A third-year student at a high school or university.
youngestnoun	The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.
wannabenoun	(informal, derogatory, often attributive) Someone who wishes to be someone or do something, but lacks the qualifications or talent; an overeager amateur; an aspirant.
blowernoun	Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
youngernoun	One who is younger than another.
youthnoun	(uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
youngnoun	(often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.