cad

[kad] /kæd/
noun
1.
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
2.
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.
Origin
1780-90; short for caddie (def 2)
Synonyms
1. bounder, rotter, rascal, rogue; heel.

CAD

[kad] /kæd/
noun
1.
computer-aided design.
Examples from the web for cad
  • Unfortunately, she is already betrothed to a real cad.
  • Most of his fellow officers take him for a straight apple-polishing cad.
  • His behavior and his reason for the denial of it reveal him to be a selfish cad.
British Dictionary definitions for cad

cad

/kæd/
noun
1.
(Brit, informal, old-fashioned) a man who does not behave in a gentlemanly manner towards others
Derived Forms
caddish, adjective
Word Origin
C18: shortened from caddie

CAD

noun acronym
1.
computer-aided design
Word Origin and History for 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]

Slang definitions & phrases for cad

Cad

noun

A Cadillac car: And we'll rent a black Caddy (1920s+)


cad in Technology


Computer Aided Design

Related Abbreviations for cad

CAD

  1. Canada-dollar
  2. carbohydrate addict's diet
  3. computer-aided design
  4. coronary artery disease