cady
cady is the obsolete spelling of caddie.
cady is the alternative spelling of kady.
Meaning of caddie
Noun
caddie (plural caddies)
- Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
- Synonyms:
- cadet
- A young man; a boy, a lad; specifically (derogatory), one regarded as of low social status; a ragamuffin.
- But gie him't het, my hearty cocks! / E'en cowe the cadie![1786, Robert Burns, “The Author’s Earnest Cry and Prayer, to the Right Honorable and Honorable, the Scotch Representatives in the House of Commons”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, volume...
- 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.
- A tattered cadie, or errand porter, whom David Deans had jostled in his attempt to extricate himself from the vicinity of the scorners, exclaimed in a strong north-country tone, "Ta de'il ding out her Cameronian een—what gi'es her titles to dunch gentlemans about?"1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.]...
- A person hired to assist a golfer by carrying their golf clubs and providing advice.
- As caddy I had to carry the clubs, for there are four varieties almost everyone used, and some used more. Besides doing this, the caddy has to keep score of the number of strokes used, and watch and find each ball.1897 (date written), Paul T. B. Ward, quotee, “19th Hole: The Readers Take Over”, in Sports Illustrated, volume 19, number 4, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., published 22 July 1963, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 60
Meaning of kady
Noun
kady (plural kadies)
- A man's straw hat
Proper noun capitalized: Cady
Cady (countable and uncountable, plural Cadys)
- A surname.
- A town in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Jacob Cady.
Forms of cady
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cadies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cadys |
Questions about cady
- What does cady mean?
- Cady means a surname.
- What is cady the obsolete spelling of?
- Cady is the obsolete spelling of caddie.
- What part of speech is cady?
- Cady is a proper noun.
Words near cady in the dictionary
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