Cadillac

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Etymology

Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan.

Proper noun

Cadillac

1. a brand of luxury automobile, now part of the General Motors group
2. by extension, any brand that represents the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class
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3. a French surname
4. an urban area in Quebec, Canada
5. a commune in the Gironde department, in France
6. a city in the U.S. state of Michigan
7. a mountain in the U.S. state of Maine
8. (archaic) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.