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cadet grey

cadet grey noun: a bluish shade of grey, similar to cadet blue.

Noun

cadet grey

  1. A bluish shade of grey, similar to cadet blue.
    • Moreover, according to uniform historian Fred Adolphus, Confederate cadet grey may never have been as blue or as irregular as the shade reenactors have tried to recapture, based on a comparison of reproduction cloth with museum-conserved uniforms.2016 April 13, Romie Stott, “The Historical Reenactor Accuracy Wars”, in Atlas Obscura
    • The company marched ahead of the Valley Forge Military Academy and College Regimental Band. Wrapped in cadet grey jackets, snare drummers played in harmony with bass saxophonists. Not even the breeze could make the red tassles sway atop their black and gold hats as they marched up Fifth Avenue.2017 March 17, “Thousands Flood Fifth Avenue for NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade”, in NBC New York

Origin of cadet grey

From the colour of military uniform; first used as a colour term around 1912.

Questions about cadet grey

What does cadet grey mean?
Cadet grey means a bluish shade of grey, similar to cadet blue.
What part of speech is cadet grey?
Cadet grey is a noun.

Words near cadet grey in the dictionary

  1. cadet blues
  2. Cadet Bonespurs
  3. cadet branch
  4. cadet branches
  5. cadet gray
  6. cadet grey
  7. cadet house
  8. cadet houses
  9. cadetcies
  10. cadetcy
  11. cadets

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