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

The chield wha boasts o’ warld’s walth Is aften laird o’ meikle care; But Mary she is a’ my ain— Ah! fortune canna gie me mair.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

He's a silly chield that can neither dae nor say.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Auld Wodrow lang has hatch’d mischief, We thought ay death wad bring relief, But he has gotten, to our grief, Ane to succeed him, A chield wha’ll soundly buff our beef; I meikle dread him.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

"Some cleverer chield has been before us," said one of the men.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir

Ah, but ye judge Rob hardly," said the Bailie, "ye judge him hardly, puir chield; and the truth is, that ye ken naething about our hill country, or Hielands, as we ca' them.

From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir