CADET
What does "CADET" mean?
A young person training to become an officer in the military or police.
Meanings
- A trainee in a military, naval, air-force, or police academy. The cadets marched across the parade ground at dawn.
- A younger son or branch of a family, especially in genealogy and heraldry. He came from a cadet line of the old ducal house. formal
Did you know?
- A military cadet and a golf caddie are etymological twins: both descend from the French 'cadet', meaning a younger son, who historically became either an officer or an errand-runner.
Word origin
From French 'cadet' ('younger son'), itself from Gascon 'capdet', from Late Latin 'capitellum' ('little head, chief'), a diminutive of Latin 'caput' ('head'); younger sons often entered the army as officers, fixing the military sense.
Remember it
CADET hides 'CADE' and a 'T' - or hear 'cad-DEBT', the discipline a young trainee owes.
A little poem
Boots not yet broken in,
she salutes a flag she'll carry
into a war she can't yet name.
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Wordplay
- Why did the cadet bring a ladder to drill? He heard he had to work his way up the ranks.
What it teaches
Every officer was once someone who didn't yet know how to stand still.
Quick facts
What does CADET mean?
A young person training to become an officer in the military or police.
Is CADET a valid word?
Yes — CADET is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CADET?
CADET has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CADET come from?
From French 'cadet' ('younger son'), itself from Gascon 'capdet', from Late Latin 'capitellum' ('little head, chief'), a diminutive of Latin 'caput' ('head'); younger sons often entered the army as officers, fixing the military sense.
What can CADET teach us?
Every officer was once someone who didn't yet know how to stand still.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.