# Lord Cadde — The Devil’s Dictionary character guide

> Lord Cadde in The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Cadde, himself

**First appearance:** 0001-the-devil-s-dictionary

## Snapshot

A recurring voice and self-styled authority whose mock-scholarly digressions turn definitions into miniature essays on appetite, faith, and the digestive origins of love.

## Who they are

Lord Cadde surfaces across the Dictionary as a narrator and cited authority, the kind of figure who footnotes himself and treats intestinal gases as a serious subject for a monograph. He embodies the book's habit of dressing petty human appetites in academic robes, citing Professor Dam and Delectatio Demonorum with a straight face. His presence teaches the reader early that no authority in this volume is safe, least of all the ones who sound most confident.

## Relationships

### [A](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/a)

_social_

A interacts with Lord Cadde as a target of social satire, representing aristocratic folly.

## In the story

### [L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/chapters/l)

Mentioned in the definition of 'Lord' as an example of an English tourist.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters/lord_cadde
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_devil_s_dictionary_se/characters