childe

¹ American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

Archaic.

1. a youth of noble birth.

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Childe ² American  

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /

noun

1. Vere Gordon 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.

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childe British  

/ tʃaɪld /

noun

1. archaic a young man of noble birth

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Etymology

Origin of childe

Spelling variant of child

Example Sentences

There is a great moderation to be had in such things as matters of so great moment, to the making or marring of a childe.

From The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times by Smith, John Thomas

A pigge was farrowed with a face like a childe.

From The Lives of the III Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John

And she saith within a short time after her said childe sickened and died.

From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)

Tusser, some three hundred or more years ago, declared that "The greatest preferments that childe we can giue, Is learning and nurture, to traine him to liue."

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)

Renold Falcon, a childe borne in Falcon Court, bapt.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.