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

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

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.

He was appointed to a cadetship at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1813; and in 1815 he entered the Royal Engineers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

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 Weiss, Susan Archer