Associations to the word «Cadet»

CADET, noun. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

CADET, noun. (largely historical) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.

CADET, noun. (in compounds) (chiefly in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)

CADET, noun. (archaic) (US) (slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

CADET, noun. (NZ) (historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

CADET BLUE, noun. A blue colour, tinted with grey.

CADET BLUE, adjective. Of a blue colour, tinted with grey.

CADET, noun. A military trainee (as at a military academy).