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caddie

caddie

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A person who carries a golfer's clubs and helps the golfer during a game
  • noun
  • /ˈkædi/
translation icon : caddie
  • He was excited to work as a caddie during the tournament at the local course.
  • caddie shack
  • longtime caddie
  • golf caddie

My brother Joe was a caddy on the PGA Tour.

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Examples

  • " Tell her, captain," my caddie said.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • I asked my caddie if he thought I could make it with my mashie, and he replied, "yes, ma'am, you can make it, allowing you hits it often enough."

  • Did you hear about the caddie playing in the Open?

  • Have kids caddie for the players.

    Blog text (18)
  • I'm still training him as a caddie.

  • As the officials explained her options, Stanford's caddie asked about the other ball that she had hit to the green.

    Blog text (1)
  • He must have married into the family to be their caddie.

  • Forrest abandoned the search for his lost ball and walked toward the caddie house.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Carmody played on his high school golf team and worked summers as a caddie master at a local club.

    Blog text (31)
  • My caddie is a tall guy with a cad's mustache.

    Fiction book (2000)

Surface Forms

caddie singular
caddies plural

Etymology

Caddie comes from a Scottish word for a helper and from the French word cadet, which means 'younger son' who often worked as an assistant. So a caddie is a helper who carries a golfer's clubs and gives advice.