childe

¹ American

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

Archaic.

a youth of noble birth.

Childe ² American

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

Vere Gordon 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.

childe British

/ tʃaɪld /

noun

archaic a young man of noble birth

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Etymology

Origin of childe

Spelling variant of child

Example Sentences

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I erre, thou art no childe to me, Nor longer Il'e thy louing father be.

From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Miller, Paul William

Alnwick ordains “that fro hense forthe ye suffre no seculere persone, woman ne childe, lyg be night in the dormytorye.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

Buried Creature, daughter of Agnes Mathews, syngle woman, the seconde childe.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

Nor is the midge of four feete teyne, more than the olde, olde childe.

From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline

For þe wifues goþ þare mid childe; alse þe deor wilde. bi euereche ȝere; hii goþ mid childe þere.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

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