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caddie
(kædi) also caddy
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense caddies, present participle caddying, past tense, past participle caddied
1. countable noun
In golf, a caddie is a person who carries golf clubs and other equipment for a player.
2. verb
If you caddie for a golfer, you act as their caddie.
Lil caddied for her son. [VERB + for]
[Also VERB] caddie in British English
or caddy (ˈkædɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -dies
1. golf
an attendant who carries clubs, etc, for a player
verbWord forms: -dies, -dying or -died
2. (intransitive)
to act as a caddie
Word origin
C17 (originally: a gentleman learning the military profession by serving in the armywithout a commission, hence C18 (Scottish): a person looking for employment, an errand-boy):from French cadetcaddie in American English
(ˈkædi)
noun
1. Obsolete
an errand boy
2.
a person who attends a golfer, carrying the clubs, finding the balls, etc.
3.
a small, two-wheeled cart, as for carrying golf bags
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcaddied or ˈcaddying
4.
to act as a caddie
Word origin
Scot form of Fr cadet: see cadetImage ofcaddie
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British English: caddie NOUN
In golf, a caddie is a person who carries golf clubs and other equipment for a player.
- American English: caddie
- Brazilian Portuguese: carregador de tacos
- Chinese: 球僮高尔夫
- European Spanish: caddie
- French: caddie
- German: Caddie
- Italian: caddie
- Japanese: キャディー
- Korean: 캐디
- European Portuguese: carregador de tacos
- Latin American Spanish: caddie
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