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Bairn

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bairn"

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Word	Definition
ladnoun	A boy or young man.
puir	—
bairnhoodnoun	(chiefly Scotland) The quality, condition, or state of a bairn (child); childhood
grandbairnnoun	(Geordie) A grandchild.
bairn's partnoun	(Scots law) legitim
childernoun	(Ireland, Northern England) A child.
weanverb	(transitive) To cease giving breast milk to an offspring; to accustom and reconcile (a child or young animal) to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder.
bailienoun	(Scotland) The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.
laddienoun	(Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.
loonnoun	(US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
birdeennoun	(Ireland) A little bird.
wainnoun	(archaic or literary) A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
laddynoun	Alternative spelling of laddie. [(Scotland, Northumbria) A small boy.]
bardienoun	(Australia) The edible larva of an insect.
bardynoun	Alternative form of bardie. [(Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.]
boyonoun	(Ireland) A boy or lad.
sooknoun	(Australia, Atlantic Canada, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.
baillienoun	(Scottish local government) The equivalent of alderman in some Scottish cities.
bardeenoun	Alternative form of bardie. [(Scotland) A minor poet or bard; used as a self-deprecatory epithet by Robert Burns.]
callantnoun	(Scotland) lad, boy