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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1632-1697
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Cadent, n. [Alteration of cadet. Cf. mod. Eng. cadency descent through a younger branch.] A younger son, a cadet. 1632 Sutherland Corr. 155.
I am not the first cadent off ane hous that hes bein put to his shift 1661 Lamont Diary 167.
Iohne Woods … was a cadent of the house of Largo 1697 Fraser P. 12.
The sad … circumstances, which … Lovat's death hes cast me and the cadents of my family in
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