Word.ws English Dictionary

Cadrus

Cadrus proper noun: a 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.

Proper noun

Cadrus

  1. A 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 148
    • […] 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

Examples of Cadrus in a sentence

  • Since then you have done no different from Cadrus.2021 March 19, M. E. Taylor, Brothers, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
  • 'He's the one who did it.' Eboricus refocused his gaze on Cadrus.2022 November 24, Simon Scarrow, Warrior: The Druids' Lair: Part Two of the Roman Caratacus series, Headline, →ISBN:

Questions about Cadrus

What does Cadrus mean?
Cadrus means a 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.
How do you use Cadrus in a sentence?
Since then you have done no different from Cadrus.
What part of speech is Cadrus?
Cadrus is a proper noun.

Words near Cadrus in the dictionary

  1. cadremen
  2. cadres
  3. cadreship
  4. cadreships
  5. cadrs
  6. Cadrus
  7. cads
  8. Caduang Tete
  9. caducary
  10. caduce
  11. caducean

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Cadrus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Cadrus.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/cadrus. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.