Cadet
[kə'det] or [kə'dɛt]
Definition
(n.) The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
(n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.
(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.
Checker: Mattie
Definition
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.
Typist: Marcus
Examples
- A cadet of the house was an officer of the great Duke and distinguished in the famous Saint Bartholomew conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Major Bailey was the cadet who had preceded me at West Point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had known Smith as a cadet at West Point, but had no recollection of having met him after my graduation, in 1843, up to this time. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Bertram is certainly well off for a cadet of even a baronet's family. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- There is a fine library connected with the Academy from which cadets can get books to read in their quarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Smith, the Commandant of Cadets, as the two men most to be envied in the nation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During my first year's encampment General Scott visited West Point, and reviewed the cadets. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Persons acquainted with the Academy know that the corps of cadets is divided into four companies for the purpose of military exercises. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Graduating in 1843, I was at the military academy from one to four years with all cadets who graduated between 1840 and 1846--seven classes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These companies are officered from the cadets, the superintendent and commandant selecting the officers for their military bearing and qualifications. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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