caddie
pronunciation
How to pronounce caddie in British English:
UK ['kædɪ]
How to pronounce caddie in American English:
US [ˈkædi]
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- Noun:
- an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
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- Verb:
- act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
Word Origin
- caddie (n.)
- 1630s, Scottish form of French cadet (see cadet). Originally "person who runs errands;" meaning of "golfer's assistant" is 1851. A letter from Edinburgh c. 1730 describes the city's extensive and semi-organized "Cawdys, a very useful Black-Guard, who attend ... publick Places to go at Errands; and though they are Wretches, that in Rags lye upon the Stairs and in the Streets at Night, yet are they often considerably trusted .... This Corps has a kind of Captain ... presiding over them, whom they call the Constable of the Cawdys."
Example
- 1. You can exchange a club from your caddie .
- 2. Don 't use a golf cart , take a caddie , it will be well worth it .
- 3. Would you like me to caddie for you ?
- 4. You 're a caddie here ?
- 5. You could caddie for me in the tournament .