About The Word Child

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Child

Child Meaning & Definition
Child Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Child?

[n] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
[n] a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college"
[n] an immature childish person; "he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
[n] a member of a clan or tribe; "the children of Israel"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Child: fry | kid | minor | nestling | nipper | shaver | small fry | tiddler | tike | tyke | youngster

Related Terms | Find terms related to Child: adolescent | angel | artifact | babe | baby | bairn | boy | brainchild | brat | brood | bud | cherub | chick | chickabiddy | child of nature | chit | coinage | composition | concoction | creation | creature | crowning achievement | darling | daughter | descendant | descendants | dickens | distillation | dove | dupe | effect | end product | essence | extract | foetus | foster child | fruit | girl | grandchild | granddaughter | grandson | handiwork | heiress | hick | infant | ingenue | innocent | invention | issue | juvenile | kid | kitten | lad | laddie | lamb | lambkin | lass | lassie | little bugger | little fellow | little guy | little innocent | little one | little tad | little tot | lout | manufacture | masterpiece | masterwork | mere child | minor | mintage | mite | moppet | neonate | new mintage | newborn | newborn babe | nipper | noble savage | oaf | offspring | opera | opus | opuscule | origination | outcome | outgrowth | peewee | posterity | product | production | progeniture | progeny | puss | result | rube | runabout | scion | seed | shaver | simple soul | small fry | son | son and heir | sonny | stepchild | stepdaughter | stepson | stripling | tad | teenager | teener | teenybopper | toddler | tot | unsophisticate | wee tot | work | yokel | young hopeful | young man | youngling | youngster | youth

See Also | babe | baby | bairn | bambino | buster | changeling | child's body | descendant | descendent | family | family unit | female offspring | foster-child | human | imp | individual | infant | issue | juvenile | juvenile person | kiddy | male offspring | man-child | monkey | mortal | offspring | orphan | person | picaninny | piccaninny | pickaninny | preschooler | progeny | pupil | rapscallion | rascal | scalawag | scallywag | scamp | schoolchild | silly | somebody | someone | soul | sprog | stepchild | toddler | tot | urchin | waif | yearling

Child In Webster's Dictionary

\Child\ (ch[imac]ld), n.; pl. {Children} (ch[i^]l"dr[e^]n). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kil[thorn]ei womb, in-kil[thorn][=o] with child.] 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.] --Chaucer. 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. --1. Cor. xii. 11. 6. A female infant. [Obs.] A boy or a child, I wonder? --Shak. {To be with child}, to be pregnant. {Child's play}, light work; a trifling contest.
\Child\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Childed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Childing}.] To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. --Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. --Latimer.

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