Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/July 25

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Word of the day
for July 25
caddie n
  1. (Scotland)
    1. (also attributively, obsolete) Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”)
    2. (by extension, archaic) A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
    3. (by extension, historical) 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.
  2. (by extension, golf, also attributively) A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.

caddie v

  1. (intransitive, golf) Chiefly followed by for: to serve as a caddie (noun sense 2) for a golfer. [...]

The cult comedy film Caddyshack, about a caddie working towards a scholarship at a country club, premiered on this day in the United States in 1980.

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