caddie

Or cad·dy

[kad-ee]

noun

1. Golf.,  a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.

2. a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.

3. caddie cart.

4. any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects.

   a luggage caddie.

verb (used without object)

caddied, caddying 

1. to work as a caddie.

caddie

/ ˈkædɪ /

noun

1. golf an attendant who carries clubs, etc, for a player

verb

1. (intr) to act as a caddie

Word History and Origins

Origin of caddie¹

1625–35; earlier cadee, variant of cadet < French; cadet

Word History and Origins

Origin of caddie¹

C17 (originally: a gentleman learning the military profession by serving in the army without a commission, hence C18 (Scottish): a person looking for employment, an errand-boy): from French _cadet

Example Sentences

The previous month he had missed the cut at the Players, parting company with caddie Billy Foster - with whom he won the 2022 US Open.

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This guy is so good that his caddie, Ted Scott, is estimated, at the normal 10% of winnings, to have pocketed about $5 million.

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He could only laugh with his caddie after flicking a wedge out of the rough and straight into the hole.

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His dad revealed that he would have caddied for his son, had the youngster been successful in a sudden death play-off against American Austen Truslow at their US Open qualifier.

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His 22-year-old brother Max will be his caddie at one of the sport's toughest venues.

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