caddie

Meaning

Verb

Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun sense 2) for a golfer.

Noun

1. (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”).
2. (Scotland, archaic, broadly) A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
3. (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.
4. (also, attributive, broadly) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.

Noun

Alternative spelling of caddy.

Synonyms

caddy

golf caddie

Translations

cadi

cadi

caddie

🛒

Caddie

caddie

çay kutusu

Golfmädchen

Golfjunge

Behälter

portamazze

yardımcısı

caddie

caddie

golf takımlarını taşıyan yardımcı

Teebüchse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkædi/

Etymology

The 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.
The verb is derived from the noun.