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childe

noun
/t͡ʃaɪld/

Etymology

Titular capitalization of childe.

  1. derived from ċild

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of child.

    • I will that non childe of myne have any childe's parte of my goodes saving thies childer here in my will namyd, […]
    • It'm I gyue & bequithe vnto my Mr iij childringe my beste coalte […] It'm I bequithe & gyue vnto yt childe yt my wiffe is wth all at this p'sente fortie […]
    • A good childe is to obey a wicked father as he is a father, [... as] children to their parents.

  2. A child of noble birth.

  3. The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.

    • Childe Rowland to the dark tower came. His word was still "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man."
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A vampire who was turned by another vampire (the childe's sire) in a particular way.

      • She had waded in blood and reveled in death, she had torn her enemies asunder with shadow and given their childer to the flame.
      • Alexander, the ancient vampire who has ruled Paris for many centuries, has been deposed by his own childe, Sir Geoffrey.
      • The blood loss involved in creating a childe takes a lot out of the vampire sire.

    2. A surname.

    3. A term of address for the eldest son of a lord or for a candidate for knighthood.

      • Childe Harold

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at childe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01childe02child03son04parents05parent06children07childer

A definitional loop anchored at childe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at childe

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA