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Definition of cadet
1a : a younger brother or sonb : youngest sonc : 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
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Recent Examples of cadet from the Web
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Behind closed doors Wednesday and Thursday, the students — some of whom are West Point cadets — will be trying to infiltrate cybersecurity systems.
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The military itself drills the importance of civilian control into its ranks, in part by instilling the concept in cadets at all the service’s military academies.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles’ police chief says four more teenage police cadets have been arrested in a widening probe launched after three police cruisers, stun guns and radios were stolen from a police station.
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Seven cadets between the ages of 14 and 20 have been arrested since last week.
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The program has about 2,300 cadets in 21 separate police divisions.
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Cadets are expected to maintain a high level of physical fitness.
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Three times a day, the band marches the several thousand cadets together into the huge mess hall.
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In 2014, the channel’s Iraqi affairs editor tweeted approvingly about the Camp Speicher massacre, in which the Islamic State killed more than 1,500 air-force cadets in Tikrit after singling out the Shia and non-Muslims.
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Origin and Etymology of cadet
French, from Gascon capdet chief, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin capit-, caput head — more at head
CADET Defined for English Language Learners
cadet
playDefinition of cadet for English Language Learners
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: a student at a military school who is preparing to be an officer
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: a person who is being trained to be a police officer
CADET Defined for Kids
cadet
playDefinition of cadet for Students
: a student in a military school or college
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