Child (ch ld), Julia 1912-2004. American cookery expert known for her books and her instructional television and video series. |
| Child, Lydia Maria Francis 1802-1880. American abolitionist and writer of novels, children's books, and reform works, such as Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans (1833). |
| child (chld) n. pl. chil·dren (ch Idiom:  l dr n) 1. a. A person between birth and puberty. b. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority. 2. a. An unborn infant; a fetus. b. An infant; a baby. 3. One who is childish or immature. 4. A son or daughter; an offspring. 5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham. 6. a. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties. b. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard). with child Pregnant. [Middle English, from Old English cild.] child less adj.child less·ness n. |
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| Adj. | 1. | childless - without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen" unfruitful - not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production |
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