Noun

(en noun)

(Welsh, borrowed) Darling.

* 1869 John Saunders, "Hirell"

Eh, dear, Mr. Robert, sir, the master's waiting to hear you ask after your little cariad (sweetheart), Miss Hirell.

* {{quote-journal , year=1905 , date=September 29, 1905 , author=T. H. Thomas , title=A Fisher-Story and Other Notes from South Wales , journal=Folklore , url= http://books.google.com/books?id=YEcKAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA338, page=338

, passage="Wilt thou be my cariad ?" said she.}}

* {{quote-newsgroup

, year=1999 , date=June 16, 1999 , author=Martin Phillips , title=Re: "Wales is a gay nation" , newsgroup=alt.gossip.celebrities , id=7k99jo$2og$1@uranium.btinternet.com citation , passage=As for the women, I believe Catherine Zeta-Jones might not be equine, and is, in fact, quite representational of Welsh women. I'll stick to my cariads , thank you very much. }}

* {{quote-newsgroup

, title = Re: A Final Fairwell , author = Taffy3Rock , date = April 11, 2000 , year = 2000 , newsgroup = alt.tv.3rd-rock , id = 20000411122402.16739.00000693@nso-fo.aol.com , url = http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.3rd-rock/msg/09d71670c2c32838 , passage = I'd say collegeboy is a high contender, Warren, cariad . }}

* 2007 , Barbara Williams Cook, "Led by Faith"

And all because we are together, my little cariad .

* 2011 , Mary MacLauren, The Four Elizabeths (ISBN: 978-1-4568-5372-3), page 46:

[...] as he suckled at her breast beneath the Welsh shawl. Tired but happier, Susannah Holmes remembered Mary's native logic when her name had been called. "Oh well, cariads . One hell is as good as another."

Noun

(en noun)

(zoology) Any member of the Caridae.