childe

¹ American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

Archaic.

1. a youth of noble birth.

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Childe ² American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

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

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childe British  

/ tʃaɪld /

noun

1. archaic a young man of noble birth

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Etymology

Origin of childe

Spelling variant of child

Example Sentences

Harbotles Harte, a poor childe found at Hart’s dore in Fewter Lane, bapt.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.

And noght to been a wyf, and be with childe.

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

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

"If the childe be mine, faire Ellen," he sayd, "Be mine, as you doe sweare, Then take you Cheshire and Lancashire both, And make that child your heyre."

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

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