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noun

an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
British Archaic.
  1. a local town boy or youth, as contrasted with a university or public school student.
  2. a servant at a university or public school.

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Origin of cad

1780–90; short for caddie, (in the sense “a person who runs errands and does odd jobs”)

CAD

[kad]

noun

computer-aided design.
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British Dictionary definitions for cad

cad

noun

British informal, old-fashioned a man who does not behave in a gentlemanly manner towards others
Derived Formscaddish, adjective

Word Origin for cad

C18: shortened from caddie

CAD

n acronym for

computer-aided design
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Word Origin and History for cad

cad

n.

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