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CADET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A military trainee (as at a military academy)
Synonyms:
cadet; plebe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cadet" is a kind of...):
trainee (someone who is being trained)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cadet"):
midshipman (a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training)
Derivation:
cadetship (the position of cadet)