Cadet vs Firstie - What's the difference?
cadet | firstie |
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
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(US, military, informal) A first-class cadet.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 25, author=Michael Wilson, title=Iraq Presents Graduating Class at West Point With New Challenges, work=New York Times
, passage=WEST POINT , N.Y., May 22 — The graduating cadets of the United States Military Academy spent their final days here like scores of seniors, or firsties , before them: packing foot lockers and showing their mothers around gray buildings and sweeping lawns. }}
As nouns the difference between cadet and firstie
is that cadet is a student at a military school who is training to be an officer while firstie is a first-class cadet.cadet
English
Noun
(en noun)- a cadet branch of the family
Derived terms
* air cadet * space cadetAnagrams
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firstie
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Noun
(en noun)citation