cad
A low-bred, presuming personA low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
Meaning
4 sensesA low-bred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow, especially one that cannot be trusted with a lady.
Flegel
грубия́нgrubiján, пошлякpošljak, хамxam
A caddis (caddisfly larva).
(archaic)A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; a bus conductor.
(Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang)An idle hanger-on about innyards.
- someone who is morally reprehensible
- software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
Translations
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Origin
Short for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from Occitan capdet (“chief, captain”), fShort for caddie, from Scots, from French cadet, from Occitan capdet (“chief, captain”), from Latin capitellum, diminutive of caput (“head”).
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Forms
plural: cadsSynonyms
8 synonyms- someone who is morally reprehensible:bounderblackguarddoghoundheel
- software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing:computer-aided design
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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