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name
Alternative form of Caddy (“diminutive of female name Caroline”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, also, attributive, obsolete
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Synonyms: cadet
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noun
A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, broadly
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, broadly, historical
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noun
A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: also, attributive, broadly
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Alternative spelling of caddy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2) for a golfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
an attendant who carries the golf clubs for a player
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: golf caddie
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Broader terms: attendant, attender, tender
verb
act as a caddie and carry clubs for a player
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: caddy
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Broader terms: serve
History
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.
A variant of caddy (etymology 1).
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
