Etymology

Kadet

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Today it means: A member of the Constitutional Democratic Party of the Russian Empire. Full definition →

Russian каде́т
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromкаде́т
  2. English todayKadet

Borrowed from Russian каде́т (kadét), from к.-д. (k.-d.), an abbreviation of the party name.

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