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.
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4 senses(Scotland, broadly, historical)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.
(also, attributive, broadly)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
(Scotland, also, attributive, obsolete)Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
(Scotland, archaic, broadly)A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
Examples
5 sentencesThe 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.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: caddiesSynonyms
2 synonyms- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player:golf caddie
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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