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

Lord Rawdon gave the boy a cadetship at Woolwich, and he was gazetted to the Royal Artillery in 1805.

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

He was educated at Rugby and Cambridge, and accepted a cadetship in the Indian army at the advanced age for those days of twenty-three.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

So now, Falkenberg has a tutor, the hope of the 13,000 Rixthalers, and a cadetship for his son--all he wanted now was recruits.

From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul

Five years soon flitted past, and the period of my cadetship was fulfilled.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

What had occurred, he asked, to make her feel renewed anxiety, to cause her to seek a cadetship for him?

From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.