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Definition of cad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cad

noun
 
/kæd/
 
/kæd/
(old-fashioned)
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  1. a man who behaves in a dishonest or unfair way
    • He’s no gentleman; he’s a cad!
    Word Originlate 18th cent. (denoting a passenger picked up by the driver of a horse-drawn coach for personal profit): abbreviation of caddie or cadet.
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