Definition of infant

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Infant (n.) A child in the first period of life, beginning at his birth; a young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age..

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Mounted :: Mounted (a.) Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry..
Guidon :: Guidon (v. t.) A small flag or streamer, as that carried by cavalry, which is broad at one end and nearly pointed at the other, or that used to direct the movements of a body of infantry, or to make signals at sea; also, the flag of a guild or fraternity. In the United States service, each company of cavalry has a guidon..
Infantile :: Infantile (a.) Of or pertaining to infancy, or to an infant; similar to, or characteristic of, an infant; childish; as, infantile behavior..
Infantine :: Infantine (a.) Infantile; childish.
Baby :: Baby (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant; young or little; as, baby swans..
Infanticide :: Infanticide (n.) One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
Hoppet :: Hoppet (n.) An infant in arms.
Baptist :: Baptist (n.) One of a denomination of Christians who deny the validity of infant baptism and of sprinkling, and maintain that baptism should be administered to believers alone, and should be by immersion. See Anabaptist..
Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..
Yager :: Yager (n.) In the German army, one belonging to a body of light infantry armed with rifles, resembling the chasseur of the French army..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Infantlike :: Infantlike (a.) Like an infant.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm..
Mennonite :: Mennonite (n.) One of a small denomination of Christians, so called from Menno Simons of Friesland, their founder. They believe that the New Testament is the only rule of faith, that there is no original sin, that infants should not be baptized, and that Christians ought not to take oath, hold office, or render military service..
Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..
Baptize :: Baptize (v. t.) To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.
Viable :: Viable (a.) Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant..
Infant :: Infant (n.) A person who is not of full age, or who has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor..
Foundling :: Foundling (v. t.) A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
Chasseur :: Chasseur (n.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements..
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