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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Example Sentences

The truth, sir, is I want to get this youngster nominated for a naval cadetship before he oversteps the age limit.

From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by Greene, John B.

Tom's regiment was ordered to India, and to India also went the younger son, Russell, for whom a cadetship in the Company's Army had been secured.

From Thomas Moore by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

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.

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

But this brought him neither fame nor money, and after a two years' struggle with poverty he was glad to accept a cadetship at West Point, obtained for him through the influence of Mr. Allan.

From Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 by Wright, Henrietta Christian