Definition of cadet
1a
: a younger brother or son
b
: youngest son
c
: a younger branch of a family or a member of it
2a
: 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
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The first known use of cadet was in 1610
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