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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Noun Inflected Forms

• cadetships
  plural

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cadetship cadetships

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

But Mark had afterward beaten Benny at the West Point examination, where cheating was impossible, and had thus secured the long coveted cadetship.

From On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration by Upton Sinclair

He leaves Oxford abruptly for an Indian cadetship, and sets out with the hope of finding wider scope for work and the earnest pursuit of loftier ideals in India.

From Studies in Literature and History by John O. Miller

Of course that got him dead stuck on himself, and then he goes and wins a cadetship here and thinks he can run the earth.

From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Upton Sinclair

The pin was a present from Landor; to whom three years later, when the boy had obtained his cadetship through the kindness of Miss Coutts, Dickens wrote again.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

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

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

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

The trade in cadetships is mild in comparison with it, because in these commercial transactions with counts, while one party may be the purchaser, both parties are inevitably seen to be sold.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 by Various

Every Congressman once in four years has one of these cadetships to give to some young man.

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