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childe
[ chahyld ]
/ tʃaɪld /
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noun Archaic.
a youth of noble birth.
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Origin of childe
Spelling variant of child
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Childe
[ chahyld ]
/ tʃaɪld /
noun
Vere Gordon [veer], /vɪər/, 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.
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British Dictionary definitions for childe
childe
/ (tʃaɪld) /
noun
archaic a young man of noble birth
Word Origin for childe
C13: variant of child
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