Definition of child

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Child (n.) One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people..

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Motherless :: Motherless (a.) Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children..
Playgame :: Playgame (n.) Play of children.
Stepdame :: Stepchild (n.) A son or daughter of one's wife or husband by a former marriage.
Beget :: Beget (v. t.) To get (with child..
Ascarid :: Ascarid (n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons..
Babyhouse :: Babyhouse (a.) A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
Distribution :: Distribution (n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children..
Puerperal :: Puerperal (a.) Of or pertaining to childbirth; as, a puerperal fever..
Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue..
Great-grandchild :: Great-grandchild (n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
Childship :: Childship (n.) The state or relation of being a child.
Babble :: Babble (v. i.) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church..
Whine :: Whine (v. i.) To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely..
Seed :: Seed (n.) Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of Abraham; the seed of David..
Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of apron or pinafore for children.
Hornbook :: Hornbook (n.) The first book for children, or that from which in former times they learned their letters and rudiments; -- so called because a sheet of horn covered the small, thin board of oak, or the slip of paper, on which the alphabet, digits, and often the Lord's Prayer, were written or printed; a primer..
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Maieutical :: Maieutical (a.) Serving to assist childbirth.
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
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