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Child

noun

(pl. children)

A young person of either sex. Synonyms: fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster. "They're just kids" , "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age. Synonym: kid. "They were able to send their kids to college" Antonym: parent.

An immature childish person. Synonym: baby. "Stop being a baby!"

A member of a clan or tribe.

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"Child" Quotes from Famous Books

... me what we must do," she said a little reproachfully, "and don't make me feel that I am a child." ...

— A Mating in the Wilds • Ottwell Binns

... barbarian original tongue. Yet I would not for much forget those days when we saw him escaping utterly from all worries and troubles and perfectly happy before a blackboard covered with amazing characters. It was pure innocent delight in a new world of knowledge, like a child's in a new story-book." ...

— Principal Cairns • John Cairns

... that respect, too, like a loving child, Shed yet some small drops from thy tender spring, Because kind Nature doth require it so." Tit. And., Act ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 • Various

... old man, in accents wild, Cried,'Sal! turn back and nurse our child!' She bent on him a withering look, Her bony fist at him she shook. And screeched, 'Ye brute! ye think I'm flat To mend your clo'es and nurse your brat? Nurse it yourself; I'll change the plan, When I am made a congressman— Woman's ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

... her own apartment. All the household knew that something had gone wrong, though none were aware of the cause. A general feeling of uneasiness existed, for Julia had from a child in her fits of temper been harsh with her slaves, venting her temper by cruelly beating and pinching them. Many a slave had been flogged by her orders at such a time, for her mother, although herself an easy mistress, seldom interfered ...

— The Young Carthaginian - A Story of The Times of Hannibal • G.A. Henty

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