cad

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noun

1
: a bus conductor
2
: a man who acts with deliberate disregard for another's feelings or rights
a selfish cad

CAD

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abbreviation

1
computer-aided design
2

Examples of cad in a Sentence

Noun He is a cad, not a gentleman. he's the type of cad who readily bad-mouths every girl who's ever dumped him
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Noun
Each story came out in recent days before reports surfaced that his own mother sent him a poison-pen email accusing him of being a serial abuser of women and something of a cad. Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Dec. 2024 This was contrasted with the character of Bel-Ami himself, who was a complete cad and seduced his way into positions of power. Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024 He’s had a decent run in recent years playing a little slimy, stealing scenes as a cad in Fleishman Is in Trouble and drawing out pathos as a doubting son of a murderous family in the 2019 horror-comedy Ready or Not. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024 In part owing to this wild abundance, Bougainville and its neighboring isles have enticed a succession of fair-skinned cads, colonizers, and crazies. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cad 

Word History

Etymology

Noun

English dialect, unskilled assistant, short for Scots caddie

First Known Use

Noun

1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cad was in 1833

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Cite this Entry

“Cad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cad. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

cad

noun
: a rude and selfish man
Etymology

Noun

from an earlier dialect word cad "an unskilled worker," shortened from Scots caddie (same meaning) — related to caddie, cadet see Word History at caddie

Medical Definition

CAD

abbreviation
coronary artery disease

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