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child

child or childe \'chi-(*)ld\ \'chil-dr*n, -d*rn also 'chu.l-\ \'chi-(*)ld\ 
   \'chi-(*)l-(d)l*s\ n or chil.dren [ME, fr. OE cild; akin to Goth kilthei 
   womb, Skt jathara bell] pl y 1a: an unborn or recently born person  dial  
   1b: a female infant  2a: a young person of either sex esp. between infancy 
   and youth  2b: a childlike or childish person  2c: a person not yet of age  
   usu  archaic  3: a youth of noble birth  4a: a son or daughter of human 
   parents  4b: DESCENDANT  5: one strongly influenced by another or by a 
   place or state of affairs  6: PRODUCT, RESULT  : PREGNANT  - child.less aj