cadet

élève officier, cadet

Élève d’une école militaire qui se prépare à devenir officier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : officer trainee

Expressions courantes : army cadet, naval cadet, officer cadet

stagiaire

Personne qui suit un programme organisé de formation à un métier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : trainee

Expressions courantes : journalism cadet, police cadet, engineering cadet

cadet

Fils plus jeune qui n’hérite pas des biens réservés au fils aîné.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : younger son

Expressions courantes : a cadet, family cadet, a young cadet

cadet

Membre d’une famille descendant d’un enfant plus jeune plutôt que de l’aîné.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a cadet of a family/house (He was a cadet of a noble house.)

Synonymes : junior member

Expressions courantes : a cadet, cadet of something