caddy

Multiple Entries:
  caddy    caddie  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caddy1

▶noun (pl. caddies) a small storage container.

– origin C18: from earlier catty, denoting a unit of weight of 1 1/3 lb (0.61 kg), from Malay kati.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caddy2

▶noun & verb variant spelling of caddie.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caddie /ˈkadi/ (also caddy)

▶noun (pl. caddies) a person who carries a golfer's clubs and provides other assistance during a match. ▶verb (caddies, caddying, caddied) work as a caddie.

– origin C17 (orig. Scots, denoting a gentleman who joined the army without a commission, later coming to mean ‘odd-job man’): from Fr. cadet.