Definition of child
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: an unborn or recently born person
b
dialect
: a female infant
2a
: a young person especially between infancy and youth
a play for both children and adults
c
: a person not yet of age
Under the law she is still a child.
4a
: a son or daughter of human parents
Do you have any children?
b
: descendant
the children of Israel
5
: one strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs
a child of the streets a child of nature America has been called "the first child of the Enlightenment"
with child
: pregnant
Child
biographical name (1)Definition of Child (Entry 2 of 3)
Francis James 1825–1896 American ballad editor
Child
biographical name (2)Definition of Child (Entry 3 of 3)
Julia (Carolyn) 1912–2004 née McWilliams American chef
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