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

Nou ich am in clene live Ne recche ich of childe ne of wive.

From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)

“If the offerer be content with these articles, than let his childe be admytted.”

From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by Hazlitt, W. Carew

From tender yeres, in Britain she doth rest, With kinges childe, where she tasteth costly food.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald

Alnwick ordains “that fro hense forthe ye suffre no seculere persone, woman ne childe, lyg be night in the dormytorye.”

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

And because after the olde prouerbe: Lyke reioyseth in lyke, ye master muste in maner play the childe againe, that he may be loued of the chylde.

From The Education of Children by Sherry, Richard