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noun
1.
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
2.
British Archaic.
a.
a local town boy or youth, as contrasted with a university or public school student.
b.
a servant at a university or public school.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| informal, old-fashioned (Brit) a man who does not behave in a gentlemanly manner towards others | |
| [C18: shortened from | |
| 'caddish | |
| —adj | |
| CAD | |
| —n acronym for | |
| computer-aided design | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
cad
1730, shortening of cadet (q.v.); originally used of servants, then (1831) of town boys by students at British universities and public schools (though at Cambridge it meant "snob"). Meaning "person lacking in finer feelings" is from 1838.
"A cad used to be a jumped-up member of the lower classes who was guilty of behaving as if he didn't know that his lowly origin made him unfit for having sexual relationships with well-bred women." [Anthony West, "H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life," 1984]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
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Example sentences
Unfortunately, she is already betrothed to a real cad.
His behavior and his reason for the denial of it reveal him to be a selfish cad.
Most of his fellow officers take him for a straight apple-polishing cad.
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