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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Abbrev. fr.

cadet

A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.

[Eng.]

Dickens.

A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.

[Cant]

Thackeray.