1. A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
2. 1. A younger son or brother.
   2. A youngest son.
3. Slang. A pimp.

[French, from dialectal capdet, captain, from Late Latin capitellum, diminutive of Latin caput, capit-, head.]

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