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childe

[chahyld]
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noun Archaic.

a youth of noble birth.

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Nearby words

  1. childbearing,
  2. childbed,
  3. childbed fever,
  4. childbirth,
  5. childcare,
  6. childe harold's pilgrimage,
  7. childe roland to the dark tower came,
  8. childe, vere gordon,
  9. childermas,
  10. childers

Origin of childe

spelling variant of child

Childe

[chahyld]

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

noun

archaic a young man of noble birth

Word Origin for childe

C13: variant of child
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Word Origin and History for childe

childe

n.

"youth of gentle birth," used as a kind of title, late Old English, variant spelling of child (q.v.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper