Explore Caddie through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like attendant or attender. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Caddie meaning
- Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
- 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.
Using Caddie
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”). | A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin. | 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.
- Useful related words include: golf caddie, attendant, attender, tender.
- In the example corpus, caddie often appears in combinations such as: his caddie, caddie for, caddie and.
Context around Caddie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Caddie
- In this selection, "caddie" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, regular, derek, personal, got, joe and john stand out and add context to how "caddie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and his caddie lance bennett and and the caddie got lost. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "caddie" sits close to words such as absolve, acceptability and acetic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with caddie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he said his caddie, Greg Bodine, kept it simple. (10 words)
The PGA Tour confirmed the medical emergency and the caddie was not identified. (13 words)
He then punches his bag on his caddie’s shoulder as he mumbles more curse words. (16 words)
He played a practice round at the TPC Sawgrass to get ready for Q-school — “My wife was going to caddie for me and it was raining,” he said — and then later that night got word that Rahm was suspended and he was in. (44 words)
Tiger Woods, right, and his caddie, Lance Bennett, look out toward the second fairway during the first round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (40 words)
Behind all the spectacle and pomp and tradition of such a tournament, maybe the highlight of it all was to see these players encourage a child, or hug a wife, or laugh with a caddie. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Li brought his trainer to be his caddie, and the caddie got lost on the course during a practice round, gave up and headed for the clubhouse.
Another PNG ex, Braden Bailey, will be inside the ropes at the Valero but as a caddie, not a player.
Behind all the spectacle and pomp and tradition of such a tournament, maybe the highlight of it all was to see these players encourage a child, or hug a wife, or laugh with a caddie.
But he was also the guy who called out Patrick Cantlay’s caddie, Joe LaCava, on the 18th green for being a distraction.
Clark embraced his caddie, John Ellis, an accomplished player himself, having played in the 2008 and 2011 U.S. Opens.
Fox, who employs Gqeberha-born Dean Smith as his caddie, began the day three shots adrift of overnight leader Ludvig Aberg and when he dropped three shots at the third he looked out of contention.
Later, Lowry was filmed restraining McIlroy in an angry exchange outside the clubhouse involving another US caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay.
May 2, 2021; Palm Harbor, Florida, USA; Sam Burns celebrates with his caddie Travis Perkins (R) after winning the Valspar Championship golf tournament.
Prof Bell, a caddie in his youth, is now a professor of economics at the University of Stirling.
The PGA Tour confirmed the medical emergency and the caddie was not identified.
After attending his son's graduation from elementary in Orlando, Fla., regular caddie Andrew Tomasi arrived late Thursday and took over the bag from Lee's father, Tohyeun.
All that changed, of course, when he got faither, Dougie, out to caddie for him at the Canadian Open in June.
But he said his caddie, Greg Bodine, kept it simple.
Court papers state that Derek Caddie was working with the firm's employee Steven Hannah at an unsupported excavation on November 25.
Deep in conversation with his caddie, planning for the 15th hole, was taken aback when Norman suddenly stormed onto the green and began jokingly tending the flag.
He played a practice round at the TPC Sawgrass to get ready for Q-school — “My wife was going to caddie for me and it was raining,” he said — and then later that night got word that Rahm was suspended and he was in.
He then punches his bag on his caddie’s shoulder as he mumbles more curse words.
My caddie is at a wedding this week, so Mike is back on the bag,” he said.
Think of it like your own personal caddie for your muscles, keeping them ready to perform at their best.
Tiger Woods, right, and his caddie, Lance Bennett, look out toward the second fairway during the first round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles.
Common combinations with caddie
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his caddie 16×
- caddie for 5×
- caddie and 4×
- the caddie 4×
- my caddie 3×
- caddie in 2×
- caddie was 2×
- to caddie 2×
- caddie greg 2×
- caddie is 2×