Cade
English
Alternative forms
- rare: Caide, Kade, Kayde
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /keɪd/
Proper noun
Cade
- An English metonymic occupational surname for a cooper.
- 1591, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:,Scene IV:
- Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor;
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- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, Read Books 2008, →ISBN, page 26:
- They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.
- 1936 Margaret Mitchell, Gone With the Wind, Read Books 2008, →ISBN, page 26:
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