cariad

plural cariads

1. WalesDarling.

   "Wilt thou be my cariad?" said she.

   , T. H. Thomas, “A Fisher-Story and Other Notes from South Wales”, in Folklore, page 338

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

   1869, John Saunders, Hirell

   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.

   1999 June 16, Martin Phillips, “Re: "Wales is a gay nation"”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet), message-ID <7k99jo$2og$1@uranium.btinternet.com>

   I'd say collegeboy is a high contender, Warren, cariad.

   2000 April 11, Taffy3Rock, “Re: A Final Fairwell”, in alt.tv.3rd-rock (Usenet), message-ID <20000411122402.16739.00000693@nso-fo.aol.com>

   And all because we are together, my little cariad.

   2007, Barbara Williams Cook, Led by Faith

   [...] 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."

   2011, Mary MacLauren, The Four Elizabeths, →ISBN, page 46