caddie
noun/ˈkædi/
/ˈkædi/
(also caddy)
(plural caddies)
- (in golf) a person who helps a player during a game by carrying their clubs and equipment, and by giving adviceTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally Scots): from French cadet. The original term denoted a gentleman who joined the army without a commission, intending to learn the profession and follow a military career, later coming to mean ‘odd-job man’. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.
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