cadetship

American  

[kuh-det-ship] / kəˈdɛt ʃɪp /

noun

plural

cadetships

1. the position, status, or tenure of a cadet, such as an army or navy cadet, a trainee in a business or profession, or, especially historically, the youngest son in a family.

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Example Sentences

"So they seek to rob me of my cadetship by this—this——" He stopped then, unable to express his feelings.

From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Sinclair, Upton

In 1783 he obtained a cadetship in a French regiment at Strassburg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

The pin was a present from Landor; to whom three years later, when the boy had obtained his cadetship through the kindness of Miss Coutts, Dickens wrote again.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

Of course that got him dead stuck on himself, and then he goes and wins a cadetship here and thinks he can run the earth.

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton

Still, even doting and distracted parents have been known to cherish such an ambition long months at a time, and to stimulate it by promises of "working all possible wires" to secure the much-desired cadetship.

From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by King, Charles