Definition of cadet
1 a
: a younger brother or son
b
: youngest son
c
: a younger branch of a family or a member of it
2 a
: one in training for a military or naval commission;
especially
: a student in a service academy
b
: a student at a police academy : a person who is in training to become a police officer
- During his swearing-in speech last August, the 54-year-old head cop pointed out that he still wears the same size uniform that he wore when he was a cadet at the Police Academy 34 years ago.
- —Bernard C. Parks
3
: a student at a police academy : a person who is in training to become a police officer
- Police departments typically require cadets to pass a fitness test at the police academy, but not many require officers to stay in shape after that.
- —Christopher Swope
