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child

  [chahyld]
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–noun, plural chil⋅dren.
1. a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
2. a son or daughter: All my children are married.
3. a baby or infant.
4. a human fetus.
5. a childish person: He's such a child about money.
6. a descendant: a child of an ancient breed.
7. any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
8. a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.: a child of poverty; a child of famine.
9. British Dialect Archaic. a female infant.
10. Archaic. childe.
—Idiom
11. with child, pregnant: She's with child.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE cild; akin to Goth kilthai womb

Related forms:
childless, adjective
child⋅less⋅ness, noun
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child   (chīld)   
n.   pl. chil·dren (chĭl'drən)

    1. A person between birth and puberty.

    2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.

    3. An unborn infant; a fetus.

    4. An infant; a baby.

    5. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.

    6. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).

    1. An unborn infant; a fetus.

    2. An infant; a baby.

    3. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.

    4. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).

  3. One who is childish or immature.

  4. A son or daughter; an offspring.

  5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.

    1. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.

    2. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).


[Middle English, from Old English cild.]
child'less adj., child'less·ness n.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: child
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural chil·dren
1 : a son or daughter of any age and usually including one formally adopted —compare ISSUE
NOTE: The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco parentis, or sometimes a more remote descendant, such as a grandchild. In interpreting the word child as used in a will, the court will try to effectuate the intent of the person who made the will as it can be determined from the language of the will.
2 : a person below an age specified by law : INFANT, MINOR child under 16 years of age> —compare ADULT
NOTE: A person who is below the statutory age but is married will usually be considered an adult.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: child
Pronunciation: 'chI(&)ld
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural chil·dren /'chil-dr&n, -d&rn/
1 : an unborn or recently born person
2 : a young person especially between infancy and youth —with child : PREGNANT
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

child (chīld)
n.

  1. A person between birth and puberty.

  2. An unborn infant; a fetus.

  3. An infant; a baby.

  4. One who is childish or immature.

  5. A son or daughter; an offspring.

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