caddie
Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie for a golferChiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer.
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» The caddie carried his golf clubs.
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1 sensesChiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer.
- act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
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.
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
caddies, caddying, caddied, caddiedSynonyms
1 synonyms- act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player:caddy
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.