Child (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural chil·dren [chil-druhn]. /ˈtʃɪl drən/.
  1. a person between birth and puberty or full growth: books for children.
  2. a son or daughter; offspring considered with regard to parents: All my children are married.
  3. a baby or infant: A child of six months can recognize family members.
  4. a human fetus: My sister is seven months pregnant with a healthy child.
  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. a female infant.
  10. childe.
Idioms
  1. pregnant: She's with child.
noun
  1. U.S. gourmet cook, author, and television personality.
  2. U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.
noun plural children
    • a boy or girl between birth and puberty
    • (as modifier)
  1. a baby or infant
  2. an unborn baby
  3. with child another term for pregnant
  4. a human offspring; a son or daughter
  5. a childish or immature person
  6. a member of a family or tribe; descendant
  7. a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment
  8. a female infant
Child (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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