Meaning of caddie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
   Scotland, also, attributive, obsolete
2. Alternative spelling of caddy.
   alt-of, alternative
3. A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
   Scotland, archaic, broadly
4. A person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; a commissionaire, an errand boy or errand girl, a gofer; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish cities and towns in the early 18th century.
   Scotland, broadly, historical
5. A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
   also, attributive, broadly

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Examples

“But gie him't het, my hearty cocks! / E'en cowe the cadie!”

“A tattered cadie, or errand porter, whom David Deans had jostled in his attempt⟳ to extricate himself from the vicinity of the scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-country tone, "Ta de'il ding out her Cameronian een—what gi'es her titles to dunch gentlemans about?"”

“There would be a prosperity such as might seem fabulous, a prosperity of which every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie, would partake.”

“As caddy I had to carry⟳ the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep⟳ score⟳ of the number⟳ of strokes used, and watch⟳ and find⟳ each ball.”

“Then Carter Chapman picked out his putter, stepped confidently up to the ball, sighted once along the ground, and made his stroke. The ball rolled straight as a die⟳ toward the caddy who was holding the flag, and tinkled into the cup for a birdie three!”

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