subs. (old).—1. A volunteer.
2. (Royal Military Academy).—See quot.
1889. BARRÈRE and LELAND, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, p. 317. Cadets thus term a student who accelerates, that is, who, being pretty certain of not being able to obtain a commission in the engineers, or not caring for it, elects to join a superior class before the end of the term.
