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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BUN-CAL |
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CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet) , the head of an inferior branch of a family, a younger son; particularly a military term
candidate
commission in the army or navy, who is undergoing training to become an officer. This latter use of the term
France
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Cadet Corps," in the British service, are bodies of boys or youths organized, armed and trained on volunteer military lines. Derived from " cadet ," through the Scots form " cadee," comes " caddie," a messenger-boy, and particularly one who carries clubs at golf , and also the slang
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