caddie
noun /ˈkædi/
/ˈkædi/
(also caddy)
(plural caddies)
- (in golf
) a person who helps a player during a game by carrying his or her clubs and equipment, and by giving advice高尔夫球 Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2球童(比赛时替运动员背球棒、拿器具等) 词源mid 17th cent. (originally Scots): from French cadet. The original term denoted a gentleman who joined the army without a commission, intending to learn the profession and follow a military career, later coming to mean ‘odd-job man’. The current sense dates from the late 18th cent.