Obs. [Phonetic spelling of F. cadet.] The earlier form of CADET, CADDIE: A (gentleman) cadet in the army.
a. 1689. Mrs. Behn, Widdow Ranter, IV. ii. (1690), 40. 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 (Jan.). A Cadee of Dunbarton’s Regiment. Ibid. And from a Cadee become a curat.
