caird

[ kaird; Scots keyrd ]

/ kɛərd; Scots keɪrd /

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noun Scot.

a traveling tinker, especially a Romani.

a wandering tramp or vagrant.

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Origin of caird

First recorded in 1655–65; from Scots Gaelic ceard “tinker”; akin to Latin cerdō “workman,” Greek kerdṓ “cunning one”

Words nearby caird

cainogenesis, cainotophobia, Cainozoic, caïque, ça ira, caird, Caird Coast, Cairene, cairn, cairngorm, Cairngorm Mountains

How to use caird in a sentence

One such opinion as Mr. Caird's outweighs a great deal of damnatory praise from ignorant journalists.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)|George Eliot
With potatoes, it has failed in the very year wherein Mr Caird has chosen to exhibit it as a universal model.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various
Caird prophesied that in the next eighty years the value of land in England would more than double.
A Short History of English Agriculture|W. H. R. Curtler
Sir James Caird, as early as 1886, estimated the average reduction on agricultural rents at 30 per cent.
A Short History of English Agriculture|W. H. R. Curtler

For twenty-three years David had silenced that voice, but it had found him out again—it was Willie Caird's.
Winter Evening Tales|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

British Dictionary definitions for caird

caird

/ (kɛəd, Scottish kerd) /

noun

Scot obsolete a travelling tinker; vagrant

Word Origin for caird

C17: from Scottish Gaelic; related to Welsh cerdd craft

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