Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cadilesker \Ca`di*les"ker\, n. [Ar. q[=a][.d][=i] judge +
   al'sker the army, Per. leshker.]
   A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally
   because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers,
   who are now tried only by their own officers.