An archaic or dialect term for a young man or boy, sometimes used in Scottish English.
Scottish/Northern English dialectal origin, possibly related to cadet but with independent development in regional speech. The exact etymology is uncertain and may have Gaelic influences.
Cadew is one of those wonderful disappearing words—Scottish speakers used it naturally for generations, but it vanished as standard English spread, leaving traces mainly in old poems and local documents.
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