chield

American  

[cheeld] / tʃild /

Also chiel

noun

Scot.

1. a young man; fellow.

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Etymology

Origin of chield

First recorded in 1525–35; variant of child

Example Sentences

In 1789 he set out on an antiquarian tour through Scotland, and in the course of this journey met Burns, who composed in his honour the famous song beginning “Ken ye aught o’ Captain Grose,” and in that other poem, still more famous, “Hear, land o’ cakes, and brither Scots,” warned all Scotsmen of this “chield amang them taking notes.”

From Project Gutenberg

Sufficiently powerful and courageous dogs were, also, to some extent, to be found amongst rough wiry haired terriers—the Charlieshope Pepper and Mustard breed of Dandie Dinmonts—which "fear naething that ever cam wi' a hairy skin on't;" and the handsome, smooth, glossy-coated black and tan dog, "fell chield at the varmin," which would buckle either "tods or brocks."

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For there's my brother coming to dinner, and maybe some o' his cronies; and he'll be sae ta'en wi' this merry souter chield, that I ken weel they'll drink mair than twice the profits o' this bit order.

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“What hae ye dune wi’ the notes, Tam, that the lang chield up by there gied ye?

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But, poor chield, ye meant it kindly.

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