cadet
noun
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
cadets
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pluralof cadet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For oilers and cadets, the $25,000 could represent more than a year of wages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Pentagon will work with five universities to establish a new corps of cadets that is intended to become a pipeline for recruiting young people for the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He even managed to get a more current jest in, teasing the group of young cadets with a “six-seven” joke about making good choices.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
The US Military Academy at West Point posted photos on Wednesday of George meeting with troops, saying he "shared experience-driven guidance with cadets preparing to lead".
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
The only thing the cadets had left behind was a stable full of police horses on the ground floor.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
