Caddies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A person tasked with assisting golfers by transporting and managing their equipment; containers used to store and organize various items in a neat manner; individuals or tools that provide support in the handling and arrangement of supplies or gear
2. Persons who carry golf clubs and help players during a game ; containers designed to hold and keep items orderly ; people or devices that aid in managing and arranging supplies
3. Individuals serving as carriers and helpers for golfers by managing their gear ; receptacles used to keep belongings tidy and in place ; entities that facilitate the sorting and handling of equipment or materials

Etymology: The golf caddie is a word that has travelled a long way from the battlefield. Its ancestor was the French "cadet", a term for a younger son or a junior officer, and in Scots it came to mean a young man who ran errands, then a ragamuffin, and eventually a person hired to carry a golfer's clubs. The golf sense is the one that survived most widely. The chain runs back through Gascon "capdet", meaning captain or chief, to Late Latin "capitettum" and the Latin "caput", meaning head. The same ancient root gives English "capital", "chief" in its Romance forms, and the Spanish "caudillo", a military leader, so the word is a relative of several words for leadership. The English form "caddie" is a variant of "caddy", which is also used for a small container. Its verb sense, to work as a golf caddie, was formed from the noun.

Synonyms: containers, carriers, holders, boxes, baskets