Cadet

Definition of cadet:

part of speech: noun

The younger or youngest son: in the army, one who serves as a private in order to become an officer: a student in a military school.

part of speech: noun

A younger son; pupil at a military school.

part of speech: noun

A younger son; a student in a naval or military academy.

part of speech: noun

CADETSHIP.

Usage examples for cadet:

• Upon inquiring whether the south bank of the river continued to command the other side down to Fredericksburg, General Johnston answered that he did not know; that he had not been at Fredericksburg since he passed there in a stage on his way to West Point, when he was first appointed a cadet "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Vol. 1 (of 2)", Jefferson Davis.

• I think that the Salem Cadet Band is a peach. "Letters of the Motor Girl", Ethellyn Gardner.

• The cadet drew himself up stiffly. "Man of Many Minds", E. Everett Evans.