caddie
Meanings
Plural: caddies
Noun
- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
- Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
- 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.
- A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
- Alternative spelling of caddy.
Verb
- act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
- Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun sense 2) for a golfer.
Origin / 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, caudillo, and Kadet.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Scrabble Score: 10
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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