† cadeen.
Obsolete.
The earlier form of cadet n.1, caddie n.: A (gentleman) cadet in the army.
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a1689 A. Behn Widdow Ranter (1690) iv. ii. 40 He..Listed us Cadees for the next command that fell in his Army.
1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 234 The French convoy arrived at Limerick..two French lieutenant generalls, 106 subaltern officers, 150 cadees, 320 English and Scotch gentlemen.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3856/3 1 Captain, 1 Captain-Lieutenant, 1 Cadee, and 20 Soldiers killed.
1789 W. Laick Answer to Sc. Presbyterian Eloq. 33 (Jam.) A Cadee of Dunbarton's Regiment.
1789 W. Laick Answer to Sc. Presbyterian Eloq. 33 (Jam.) And from a Cadee become a curat.
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