childe
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of childe
Spelling variant of child
Example Sentences
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Nor is the midge of four feete teyne, more than the olde, olde childe.
From Marjorie Dean College Freshman by Lester, Pauline
Always thorough and exact, Lyly is careful to begin at the beginning, informing us at first "that the childe shoulde be true borne and no bastarde."
From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.
These rudimentes of modestye and vertue the childe lerneth before he can speake, which because they sticke fast vntil he be elder, they profit somwhat to true religiõ.
From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard
A barons childe to be begyled,265 It were a curssed dede!
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
“If the offerer be content with these articles, than let his childe be admytted.”
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew
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