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cadet house

English

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Etymology

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From cadet (“younger son”) +‎ house.

Noun

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cadet house (plural cadet houses)

  1. (history, heraldry) Synonym of cadet branch (“house (dynasty) descended from one of the patriarch's younger sons”)
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cadet,‎ house.
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