Meanings
- fantasyA male given name, borne (in various spellings, including Cadrut and Cadruz) by a Knight of the Round Table in some editions of the Arthurian mythos.
"He knows of the death of Cadrus?" "Yes. He speaks of him continually as his great friend. He exclaimed more than once 'Happy Cadrus to meet such an end.'"
1913, Walter Samuel Cramp, An Heir to Empire, page 1483 more examples
[…] cadrus (148, ll. 18-19); here agornain & cadrus son compaignon (237, l. 5): “Agornain and Cadrus his companion.” The latter is to be rejected not only because Cadrus does not appear separately in the earlier list, but more especially[…]
2010, Norris J. Lacy, Lancelot-Grail: The story of Merlin, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, →ISBN, page 255... Cadrus not acted as he did. Since then you have done no different from Cadrus. You gained a name more feared than his, and you were proud enough to crow it over the corpses of your enemies. Now, thanks to your treachery, I am[…]
2021 March 19, M. E. Taylor, Brothers, AuthorHouse, →ISBN... Cadrus. 'He's the one who did it.' Eboricus refocused his gaze on Cadrus. He strode over to the younger boy. The latter looked around forlornly for help but none of us dared to get involved.
2022 November 24, Simon Scarrow, Warrior: The Druids' Lair: Part Two of the Roman Caratacus series, Headline, →ISBN
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Cadrus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cadrus
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