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caddie

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cad⋅die

[kad-ee] noun, verb, -died, -dy⋅ing.
–noun
1. Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
2. a person who runs errands, does odd jobs, etc.
3. caddie cart.
4. any rigidly structured, wheeled device for carrying or moving around heavy objects: a luggage caddie.
–verb (used without object)
5. to work as a caddie.
Also, caddy.


Origin:
1625–35; earlier cadee, var. of cadet < F; see cadet
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cad·die also cad·dy   (kād'ē)   
n.   pl. cad·dies
  1. One hired to serve as an attendant to a golfer, especially by carrying the golf clubs.

  2. Scots A boy who does odd jobs.

  3. Any of various devices for moving, carrying, or holding an item or collection of items, especially:

    1. A lightweight wheeled cart, often fitted with shelves or racks.

    2. A small tray with a handle and compartments for holding items such as toiletries or hardware.

    3. A lightweight freestanding rack designed to hold accessories.

    4. A small wheeled cart attached to a bicycle and used as a conveyance for a child.

    5. A tea caddy.

intr.v.   cad·died, cad·dy·ing, cad·dies
To serve as a caddie.

[Scots, from French cadet, cadet, caddie; see cadet.]
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Word Origin & History

caddie 
c.1635, Scottish form of Fr. 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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