Definition of Cadetship

1. Noun. The position of cadet.

Generic synonyms: Berth, Billet, Office, Place, Position, Post, Situation, Spot
Derivative terms: Cadet

Definition of Cadetship

1. n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

Definition of Cadetship

1. Noun. (military) The position, rank, or commission of cadet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cadetship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cadetship

cadence
cadenced
cadences
cadencies
cadencing
cadency
cadene
cadent
cadential
cadenza
cadenzas
cades
cadet
cadet blue
cadets
cadetship (current term)
cadetships
cadette
cadge
cadged
cadger
cadgers
cadges
cadgier
cadgiest
cadgin
cadginess
cadging
cadgy
cadherin

Literary usage of Cadetship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1870)
"A cadetship in the East India Company's service having been obtained for him, he set off for Madras early in 1827 ; and the long trying voyage to India, ..."

2. Oriental campaigns and European furloughs: the autobiography of a veteran of by Edwin Maude (1908)
"IN the autumn of I was pursuing my studies at the High School of the Liverpool Institution (now called " Queen's College") waiting for an Indian cadetship ..."

3. Memoir of Maj.-Gen. George H. Thomas by Richard W. Johnson (1881)
"MEMOIR OF MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS. CHAPTER I. Early Life—Appointment to a cadetship—His Graduation and Assignment to a ..."

4. Lives of Indian Officers by John William Kaye (1889)
"that his name had been duly entered for a cadetship of infantry on the establishment of Bombay. He spent two months in London, studying under the well-known ..."

5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"126, § 8, forbidding the buying of offices, including nominations to an office, commission, or "place or employment," would include a cadetship in the ..."

6. Lee and His Lieutenants: Comprising the Early Life, Public Services, and by Edward Alfred Pollard (1867)
"His cadetship at West Point.—His home at Arlington Heights.—Services in the Mexican war.—Commended by General Scott.—Appointed Colonel in the First Cavalry. ..."

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