caddie C2 Topic:Sports & Fitness US /ˈkædi/ UK /ˈkædi/ See IPA manual Freq #39302 Meanings 1 noun a person who carries a golfer's clubs and may give advice during play The caddie handed the player a different club for the long shot. 2 verb to work as a caddie for a golfer He caddied at the local course during the summer. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who carries a... golf caddiecaddy 2 verb · to work as a caddie for a... caddy More attendant Word family Derived forms caddiedcaddyingcaddiescaddiemaster Related forms cadetgolf Etymology Borrowed through Scots caddie, earlier "cadet" or "young man," from French cadet, ultimately from Latin caput, "head." The golf sense grew from the idea of a hired attendant. Topics Sports & Fitness External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # caddie **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈkædi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkædi/ **Frequency rank:** 39302 ## Meanings 1. a person who carries a golfer's clubs and may give advice during play 2. to work as a caddie for a golfer ## Examples - The caddie handed the player a different club for the long shot. - He caddied at the local course during the summer. ## Synonyms - caddy - golf caddie - attendant ## Derived Forms - caddied - caddying - caddies - caddiemaster ## Related Forms - cadet - golf ## Etymology Borrowed through Scots caddie, earlier "cadet" or "young man," from French cadet, ultimately from Latin caput, "head." The golf sense grew from the idea of a hired attendant. ## Topics - Sports & Fitness markdown