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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
caddie
cad·die [caddie caddies caddied caddying] (also caddy)noun, verb BrE [ˈkædi] NAmE [ˈkædi] noun (pl. cad·dies)(in ↑golf) a person who helps a player by carrying his or her ↑clubs and equipment during a game Word Origin: 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. verb (cad·dies, caddy·ing, cad·died, cad·died)intransitive to act as a ↑caddie in the game of ↑golf Verb forms: Word Origin: 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. See also: ↑caddy
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