caddie

Meanings

1. 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. 2
   verb

   to work as a caddie for a golfer

   He caddied at the local course during the summer.

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.

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