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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cadetships
  plural

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Example Sentences

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cadetship cadetships

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

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

From Under Fire by C. B. Cox

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 Henrietta Christian Wright

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 Susan Archer Weiss

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 Charles King

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

The civil services of Ceylon, Hong-Kong, the Straits Settlements, and the Malay Peninsula are supplied by the Eastern cadetships.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

"Four cadetships in the same year to one little city!"

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

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

By and by there are going to be, in this state, two appointments to cadetships at West Point.

From The High School Left End Dick & Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

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