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

And no boy who isn't in his right mind could get into the Point even if given a cadetship.

From Under Fire by Cox, C. B.

He was intended for the Church, and spent a year at Oxford; but showed no clerical leanings, and found a more congenial profession when he obtained a cadetship in the Indian Army in 1842.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

From the time he donned short trousers he dreamed of a cadetship at West Point, and a commission under his own flag.

From Gentlemen Rovers by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

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

Ewing fulfilled the father's wish by appointing the son to a West Point cadetship at sixteen.

From Stories Of Ohio by Howells, William Dean