Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913 Cudden /(k?d"d'n)/ · Cud·den · IPA /ˈkʌdən/ 01 n. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. 1. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt.[Obs.] “The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff.” — Dryden. 2. The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.(Zool.) See: Cuddy