Definitions for Cadet

Cadet ca·det

Spelling: [kuh-det]
IPA: /kəˈdɛt/

Cadet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in Cadet (acdet).

Definitions for Cadet

noun

  1. a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
  2. a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Coast Guard. Compare midshipman (def 1).
  3. a trainee in a business or profession.
  4. a younger son or brother.
  5. the youngest son.
  6. (formerly) a gentleman, usually a younger son, who entered the army to prepare for a subsequent commission.
  7. Also called cadet blue. a grayish to strong blue color.
  8. Also called cadet gray. a bluish-gray to purplish-blue color.
  9. Slang. a pimp.
  10. a member of the former Constitutional Democratic Party.

Origin of Cadet

1600-10; French Gascon capdet chief, captain (referring to the younger sons of noble families); compare Old Provençal capdel headman Latin capitellum literally, small head; see Examples for Cadet

Over a decade, his teaching often took place in an atmosphere of what one cadet called “wanton disrespect.”

Dare you to wear your brother's coat without the crescent which should stamp you as his cadet.

Grushnitski is a cadet; he has only been a year in the service.

That is the one thing they all care for—like that cadet last autumn.

The life of the cadet differed little from that of the schoolboy.

The Marquess of Carabas started in life as the cadet of a noble family.

Once a cadet dropped a brick from a third-story barracks window that barely missed Jackson.

The cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.

He walked over to Jackson and ordered him to report the cadet officers responsible for allowing this to happen.

Col. Byrne was the father of Eugene Byrne, the West Point cadet who died recently from injuries received in a football game.

Word Value for Cadet
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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