WordNet
See caryatid
n. a supporting column carved in the shape of a person
[also: carides (pl)]
Usage examples of "carides".
Carides, head of the Carides Empire, was actually as instantly recognisable to his fellow guests as was their host, and according to some sources he was even more disgustingly rich!
Christos Carides, but the realisation that he was going to have to sort out the mess himself made him recklessly outspoken.
Theodosia Carides identified the tall figure who had materialised at her side.
His future wife needed to know what sort of low-life she was getting married to, and the world needed to know what sort of man Alex Carides actually was.
The thought of being around any Carides full-stop made her skin crawl.
Of course people like the Carides probably never left home without their own personal army.
That she was ashamed that she had made love with a member of the detestable Carides family, not once but twice?
Christos Carides there would be any number of women who would like to trap you into marriage.
And he wanted this baby to be a Carides and thought she was threatening to call off the marriage.