[kəˈdɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a young trainee in the armed services or police force
(e.g: an air cadet)

- a younger son or daughter
(e.g: a cadet of the family of the Earls of Rosse)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in cadet): from French, from Gascon dialect capdet, a diminutive based on Latin caput ‘head’. The notion ‘little head’ or ‘inferior head’ gave rise to that of ‘younger, junior’