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noun

Child n. (pl. children)

1.

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.

2.

A descendant, however remote; used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

3.

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

4.

A noble youth. See Childe. (Obs.)

5.

A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc. "When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things."

6.

A female infant. (Obs.) "A boy or a child, I wonder?"

To be with child, to be pregnant.

Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.

verb

Child v. i. (past & past part. childed; pres. part. childing) To give birth; to produce young. "This queen Genissa childing died." "It chanced within two days they childed both."

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Etymology of 'Child'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Child" Quotes from Famous Books

... threw themselves into each other's arms, the ex-kaiserin falling upon her husband's shoulder and crying like a child." ...

— America's War for Humanity • Thomas Herbert Russell

... brain business," the priest said, shrugging his shoulders; "and, priest though I am, I shall not care to meet MacDougall in the morning. However, since this wilful girl wills it, what can I do? I have been her instructor since she was a child; and instead of being a docile and obedient pupil, she has been a tyrannical master to me; and I have been so accustomed to do her will in all things that I cannot say her nay now. I held out as long as I could; but what can a poor priest do against sobs and tears? So at last I have given in and ...

— In Freedom's Cause • G. A. Henty

... curious of the Aztec picture-writings is in the Bodleian Library, and in fac-simile in Lord Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico. In it are shown, in a series of little pictures, the education of Mexican boys and girls, as prescribed by law. The child four days old is being sprinkled with water, and receiving its name. At four years old they are to be allowed one tortilla a meal, which is indicated by a drawing above their heads, of four circles representing years, and one cake; and the ...

— Anahuac • Edward Burnett Tylor

... a big day in any man's life. So is his wedding. So is the birth of a child. By making check of the roster and records, and by keeping an ear to the ground for news of what is happening in the unit, an officer can follow these events. Calling the man in and giving him a handclasp and word of congratulation, or writing a note to the ...

— The Armed Forces Officer - Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 • U. S. Department of Defense

... Rogers and the other partisan leaders. These men are all trained to the work of the woods, accustomed to fight Indians, equally at home in a canoe or in the forest. I have had, as you are good enough to say, some experience in the work, but I am a mere child by their side, and were I to lead fifty English soldiers in the forest, I fear that none of us would ...

— With Wolfe in Canada - The Winning of a Continent • G. A. Henty

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