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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ca·det /kəˈdɛt/
 軍官學校學生

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·det n.
 1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
    The cadet of an ancient and noble family.   --Wood.
 2. Mil. (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. (b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
 Note:All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
 3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
 4.  A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 cadet
      n : a military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: plebe]