CHILDER

Noun

childer

(Ireland, obsolete elsewhere) plural of child

childer (plural childers)

(Ireland, Northern England) A child.

Anagrams

• chirled, eldrich

Source: Wiktionary


CHILD

Child, n.; pl. Children. Etym: [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kilĂžei womb, in-kilĂž\'d3 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.]

Definition: To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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