bairn

bairn (bârn)

n. Scots

A child.

[Middle English barn, from Old English bearn; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

bairn [bɛən (Scot) bern]

Scot and northern English a child

[Old English bearn; related to bearm lap, Old Norse, Old High German barn child]

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Noun

bairn - a child: son or daughter

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

Translations

bairn [bɛən] N (Scot, N Engl) → niño/a m/f

bairn [ˈbɛə^rn] (Scottish) n (= child) → gosse mf > (= baby) → gosse mf >

bairn

n (Scot) → Kind nt

bairn [bɛən] n (Scot) → bambino/a

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baby
Bearn
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Fry
infant
Kid
minor
nestling
nipper
offspring
shaver
small fry
tiddler
tike
tyke
youngster

Uf aught happened tull Samuel where wull the bairn stond?

The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context

"Mak," he says, "with your leave let me give your bairn but sixpence.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

If ye see the laird, tell him what ye hear; tell him this makes the twelve hunner and nineteen time that Jennet Clouston has called down the curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn -- black, black be their fall

Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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