caddie
/ˈkædi/
Frequency: 2.60 in modern English
Meaning
noun
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
Obsolete
noun
A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
Archaic
noun
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.
verb
Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer.
Intransitive verb
noun
Alternative spelling of caddy.
name
Alternative form of Caddy (“diminutive of female name Caroline”).
Example Sentences
- "But gie him't het, my hearty cocks! / E'en cowe the cadie!"
- "A tattered cadie, or errand porter, whom David Deans had jostled in his attempt to extricate himself from the vicinity of the scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-country tone, "Ta de'il ding out her Cameronian een—what gi'es her titles to dunch gentlemans about?""
- "There would be a prosperity such as might seem fabulous, a prosperity of which every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie, would partake."
- "As caddy I had to carry the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep score of the number of strokes used, and watch and find each ball."
- "Then Carter Chapman picked out his putter, stepped confidently up to the ball, sighted once along the ground, and made his stroke. The ball rolled straight as a die toward the caddy who was holding the flag, and tinkled into the cup for a birdie three!"
- "We took turns caddying, one caddying, two playing. We went out across the river to the teeing ground of the first hole."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkædi/
- British English: /ˈkædi/