caddie
A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messagesA person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
» The caddie carried his golf clubs.
Значение
значений: 4(Шотландия, шире, историческое)A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
(также, атрибутивное, шире)A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
Caddie, Golfjunge, Golfmädchen
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кеддіkeddi
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
(Шотландия, также, атрибутивное, устаревшее)Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
(Шотландия, архаичное, шире)A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
Примеры
предложений: 5The caddie carried his golf clubs.
Tom worked as a caddie in his youth.
Good caddies are usually also good golfers themselves.
The caddie trudged up the hill with the wealthy idiot's golf clubs.
The golfer handed his club to his caddie after getting a hole in one.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
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Происхождение
The noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engThe noun is borrowed from Scots caddie (“military cadet; young man; ragamuffin; person engaged to run errands; person hired to assist a golfer”), from French cadet (“army cadet; younger sibling”), from capdet (“captain; chief”) (Gascony, archaic), from Late Latin capitettum, from Latin caput (“head”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“head”). Doublet of cadel, cadet, capital, capitellum, and caudillo.
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Формы
мн. число: caddiesСинонимы
синонимов: 2- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player:golf caddie