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caird

caird noun: a travelling tinker or a tramp.

Noun

caird (plural cairds)

  1. (obsolete) A travelling tinker or a tramp.

Forms of caird

pluralcairds

Origin of caird

From Irish ceard (“a tinker”).

Questions about caird

What does caird mean?
Caird means a travelling tinker or a tramp.
What part of speech is caird?
Caird is a noun.
What is the plural of caird?
The plural of caird is cairds.

Words near caird in the dictionary

  1. caique
  2. caiquejee
  3. caiquejees
  4. caiques
  5. cair
  6. caird
  7. cairds
  8. caire
  9. Cairene
  10. Cairenes
  11. Caires

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