cadet

  • 21Cadet UT-1 — UT 1 Role Glider National origin United States Manufacturer Cadet Aeronautics Designer Alex Dawydoff First flight 1943 Introduction 1943 Status Prototype only produced …

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  • 22cadet — n. 1) an air force; military; naval cadet 2) (slang) (AE) a space cadet ( an absent minded person ) * * * [kə det] military naval cadet an air force (slang) (AE) a space cadet ( an absent minded person ) …

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  • 23cadet — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ army, military, naval ▪ aviation, flying (both AmE) ▪ air, sea ▪ police …

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  • 24cadet — [17] Etymologically, a cadet is a ‘little head’. Its original meaning in English was ‘younger son or brother’, and it came from French cadet, an alteration of a Gascon dialect term capdet ‘chief’. This in turn derived from Vulgar Latin… …

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  • 25cadet — [17] Etymologically, a cadet is a ‘little head’. Its original meaning in English was ‘younger son or brother’, and it came from French cadet, an alteration of a Gascon dialect term capdet ‘chief’. This in turn derived from Vulgar Latin… …

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  • 26cadet — cadetship, n. /keuh det /, n. 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. Cf. midshipman… …

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  • 27cadet — [[t]kəde̱t[/t]] cadets N COUNT A cadet is a young man or woman who is being trained in the armed services or the police. ...army cadets. ...the Cadet Corps …

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  • 28cadet — UK [kəˈdet] / US noun [countable] Word forms cadet : singular cadet plural cadets a young person who is training to be a police officer or military officer …

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  • 29cadet — an. KADÈ, TA, E (Albanais.001, Annecy.003, Genève.022, Thônes.004, Villards Thônes). E. : Caddie, Dernier. Fra. C est le cadet dernier // moindre cadet de mes soucis : y è l kadè d mô soussi (001,003,004,022) …

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  • 30Cadet — /keuh det /, n. Russ. Hist. a member of the former Constitutional Democratic party. [ < Russ kadét, equiv. to ka + de (the letter names of k, d, repr. konstitutsiónnyi demokrát Constitutional Democrat) + t from kadét (now obs.) CADET] * * * …

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