Caird

/kerd/ noun

In Scottish dialect, a traveling tinker, beggar, or vagrant; a member of a nomadic group or lowborn vagrant.

From Scottish Gaelic 'ceΓ rd' meaning 'tinsmith' or 'craftsman', eventually applied to wandering metalworkers and then more broadly to vagrants. The word reflects the social status and occupations of traveling groups in Scotland.

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