cadetship

American  

[kuh-det-ship] / kəˈdɛt ʃɪp /

noun

• cadetships
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cadetships
  plural

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cadetship cadetships

It was suggested that, with his education and the social position which he had enjoyed, a cadetship at West Point would be53 more suited to him than the place of a private at Fortress Monroe.

From The Home Life of Poe by Susan Archer Weiss

He had few advantages of early education and training, but in 1848 he obtained a cadetship at West Point.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Will, slight and fair, home for the holidays from Lexington and, by virtue of his cadetship in the Virginia Military Institute, an authority on most things, had a movement of impatience.

From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston

He received his early education at Taunton school, and was given a cadetship in the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1848.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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 Charles King

The school at present concentrates on the extremely stiff examinations for the medical profession, Navy cadetships, Royal Marines and Royal Indian Navy.

From Time Magazine Archive

With him rests also the nomination for the major part to naval cadetships and assistant clerkships.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Two most impertinent letters from Lord Arbuthnot and Mr. Arbuthnot asking for, or rather demanding, cadetships.

From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough

"Four cadetships in the same year to one little city!"

From The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

By and by there are going to be, in this state, two appointments to cadetships at West Point.

From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

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