caddie

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: cad=die

CIDE DICTIONARY

caddie, n. [See Cadet.].

•  A cadet.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A lad; young fellow.  Burns.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  One who does errands or other odd jobs.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

caddie, n. 

 A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger.  [1913 Webster]
"Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caddie, n. & v. (also caddy)
--n. (pl. -ies) a person who assists a golfer during a match, by carrying clubs etc.
--v.intr. (caddies, caddied, caddying) act as caddie.

Idiom

caddie car (or cart) a light two-wheeled trolley for transporting golf clubs during a game.

Etymology

orig. Sc. f. F CADET

THESAURUS

caddie

Aquarius, Ganymede, Hebe, airline hostess, airline stewardess, attendant, batman, bearer, bellboy, bellhop, bellman, bheesty, bootblack, boots, busboy, cabin boy, cargo handler, carrier, carrier pigeon, carter, chore boy, common carrier, conveyer, coolie, copyboy, cupbearer, drayman, errand boy, errand girl, express, expressman, footboy, freighter, gofer, gun bearer, hauler, homing pigeon, hostess, letter carrier, litter-bearer, office boy, office girl, orderly, page, porter, redcap, shield-bearer, skycap, squire, stevedore, steward, stewardess, stretcher-bearer, tender, the Water Bearer, trainbearer, transporter, truck driver, trucker, usher, wagoner, water boy, water carrier, yeoman