cadet vs younger brother

cadet

noun
  • Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.) 

  • A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would. 

  • A young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. 

  • A participant in a cadetship. 

  • A student at a military school who is training to be an officer. 

younger brother

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.) 

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