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Child

/t͡ʃaɪld/

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

📖 Definitions of "Child"

noun
  1. 1

    A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

    "Go easy on him: he is but a child."

  2. 2

    (specifically) A female child, a girl.

  3. 3

    (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.

    "My youngest child is forty-three this year."

  4. 4

    The thirteenth Lenormand card.

noun
  1. 1

    A child of noble birth.

  2. 2

    The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.

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