What is "cadet"

Cadet \Ca*det"\, n. [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad.]

1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.

   The cadet of an ancient and noble family.
   --Wood.

2. (Mil.)

   1. A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.

   2. 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.

      Note: All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.

3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]

c.1610, "younger son or brother," from French cadet "military student officer," noun use of adjective, "younger" (15c.), from Gascon capdet "captain, chief, youth of a noble family," from Late Latin capitellum, literally "little chief," hence, "inferior head of a family," diminutive of Latin caput "head" (see capitulum). "The eldest son being regarded as the first head of the family, the second son the cadet, or little head" [Kitchin].\n

\nApparently younger sons from Gascon noble families were sent to French court to serve as officers, which gave the word its military meaning. In English, the meaning "gentleman entering the military as a profession" is from 1650s, and that of "student at a military college" is from 1775.

n. 1 A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. 2 (context largely historical English) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. 3 (context in compounds chiefly in genealogy English) junior. (qualifier: See also the heraldic term ''cadency''.) 4 (cx archaic US slang English) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. 5 (cx NZ historical English) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.

n. a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: plebe]

Cadet is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro. It is named after Rue Cadet, itself named after M. Cadet de Chambine, owner of much land through which the street passes. The street was called Rue de la Voirie before being renamed. Numbers 9 and 11 are the old Hôtel Cromot du Bourg (containing reception rooms). At number 16 is the Freemason's Lodge, 'Grand Orient.' This station features a classic Guimard metro entrance.

A cadet is a trainee. The term is frequently used to refer those training to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. Its meaning may vary between countries. The term is also used in civilian contexts and as a general attributive, for example in its original sense of a branch of a ruling house which is not currently in the direct line of succession.

The Cadet is a class of sailing dinghy designed to be sailed by two children up to the age of 17. It is a one-design class, originally designed by Jack Holt in 1947. Cadets are sailed worldwide in at least 18 countries.

In genealogy, a cadet is a younger son, as opposed to the firstborn heir. Compare puisne.

The Cadet shipwreck is an archaeological site located in Lake George near Bolton in Warren County, New York. It is the site of the shipwreck of the 1893-built Olive ex Cadet steam launch. It was a 48-foot-long, 9.6-foot-wide wooden steamboat with a pointed bow, and was found submerged in approximately 50 feet of water. The ship was discovered by Bateaux Below Inc. in 1997. In 2005, the ship was reported to be in fairly good condition, with its hull mainly intact.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Cadet is a trainee to become an officer.

Cadet may also refer to:

• Cadets (film), a 1939 German war film
• 50th Redlands International Cadet Australian Championship, a youth sailing competition
• Aircore Cadet, an ultralight aircraft
• Baker-McMillan Cadet, a glider
• Cadet, a rank in the Australian Defence Force Cadets
• Cadet (genealogy), a younger son
• Cadet branch or cadet line, the male-line descendants of a monarch or patriarch's younger sons
• Cadet, a youngest age category in some sports
• Cadet (dinghy), a junior trainer sailing dinghy
• A member of the historical Russian Constitutional Democratic Party ("Cadets")
• Cadet Records, a music record label
• A member of The Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps,
• Cadet Métro station in Paris
• The IBM 1620, marketed as an inexpensive "scientific computer" in 1959 by International Business Machines and referred to as CADET, jokingly meaning "Can't Add, Doesn't Even Try"

A Traffic cadet is someone, who regulates traffic.

Cadet is an American Christian alternative rock band from Eugene, Oregon, and they formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2004, while their frontman was Ryan Smith. They released, Cadet, with BEC Recordings, in 2001. The same label released, The Observatory, in 2002.

Cadet is the first studio album by Cadet. BEC Recordings released the album on April 24, 2001. Cadet worked with producer, Neill King, in the production of this album.