CADE

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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CADE


Published Information
An old word for a barrel or cask; probably taken from a sign at an ale-house or tavern--"John at the Cade." Shakspeare uses Cade in this sense: "Cade.--We, John Cade, so termed of our supposed father. Dick.--Or rather of stcaling a cade of herrings!" Hen. VI., Act IV., Sc. II.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).


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