▪ I. † cadee Obs.
[Phonetic spelling of F. cadet.]
The earlier form of cadet, caddie: A (gentleman) cadet in the army.
| a 1689 A. Behn Widow Ranter iv. ii, He listed us cadees for the next command that fell in his army. 1691 Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 234 The French convoy arrived at Limerick..two French lieutenant generalls, 106 subaltern officers, 150 cadees, 320 English and Scotch gentlemen. 1702 Lond. Gaz. No. 3856/3, 1 Captain, 1 Captain-Lieutenant, 1 Cadee, and 20 Soldiers killed. 1789 W. Laick Answ. to Presbyt. Eloq. 33 (Jam.) A Cadee of Dunbarton's Regiment. Ibid. And from a Cadee become a curat. |
▪ II. cadee
obs. form of cadi.