cadet

cadete

Estudiante de una escuela militar que se prepara para ser oficial.

En inglés sencillo: A student at a military school who is learning to become an officer.

• The cadet wore a new uniform.
• Cadets train at the military academy.
• She joined the navy as an officer cadet.

Sinónimos: officer trainee

Expresiones frecuentes: army cadet, naval cadet, officer cadet

aprendiz, cadete

Persona que participa en un programa formal de formación para un trabajo.

En inglés sencillo: Someone taking part in a formal training program for a job.

• The company hired three engineering cadets.
• Each cadet receives training from experienced staff.
• She started her journalism career as a cadet at a newspaper.

Sinónimos: trainee

Expresiones frecuentes: journalism cadet, police cadet, engineering cadet

hijo menor

Hijo nacido después del mayor, que no recibe los bienes reservados al primogénito.

En inglés sencillo: A younger son in a family, who does not receive the property that goes to the eldest son.

• As a cadet, he inherited no land.
• The cadet sought a career in the army.
• Two cadets left home while their eldest brother managed the estate.

Sinónimos: younger son

Expresiones frecuentes: a cadet, family cadet, a young cadet

miembro de rama menor

Miembro de una familia que desciende de un hijo menor y no del primogénito.

En inglés sencillo: A member of a family descended from a younger child rather than the eldest.

• He was a cadet of that family.
• The family’s cadets used a different coat of arms.
• As a cadet of the royal house, she belonged to its younger line.

Cómo se usa: a cadet of a family/house (He was a cadet of a noble house.)

Sinónimos: junior member

Expresiones frecuentes: a cadet, cadet of something