Definition of cadets Cadets
/kʌdɛˈts/ - [kudets] -
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Wiktionary 
- cadets (Noun)
Plural of cadet.
Part of speech
🔤- cadets, noun, plural of cadet.
WordNet
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| cadet - a military trainee (as at a military academy) | ||
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| trainee someone who is being trained | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cadet (n.)
The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. - cadet (n.)
A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. - cadet (n.)
A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cadet
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cadet
ka-det′, n. the younger or youngest son: a member of the younger branch of a family: in the army, one who serves as a private to become an officer: a student in a military school.—n. Cadet′ship.—Cadet corps, parties of boys undergoing military training. [Fr. cadet, formerly capdet—Low L. capitettum, dim. of caput, the head.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cadet
A volunteer, who, serving at his own charge, to learn experience, waits for preferment; a designation, recently introduced, for young gentlemen formerly rated volunteers of the first class. Properly, the younger son in French.
Part of speech
🔤- cadet, noun, singular of cadets.
