Cadet



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 军校或警官学校的学生
• one in training for a military or naval commission; especially a student in a service academy

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: French, from Gascon capdet chief, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin capit-, caput head — more at head
• Date: 1610
• 1.
  • a. a younger brother or son
  • b. youngest son
  • c. a younger branch of a family or a member of it
• 2. one in training for a military or naval commission; especially a student in a service academy
• 3. slang pimp
• ? cadetship noun

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