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

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

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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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