Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CADET
cadet, plebe
(noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cadet (plural cadets)
A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
(largely historical) A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
(in compounds, chiefly, in genealogy) Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.)
(archaic, US, slang) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.
(NZ, historical) A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
Anagrams
• acted, ectad
Proper noun
Cadet (plural Cadets)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cadet is the 7240th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4607 individuals. Cadet is most common among Black/African American (87.76%) individuals.
Anagrams
• acted, ectad
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*det", n. Etym: [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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