A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
A noble youth. See Childe.
A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it. Buddy Hackett
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. Thomas Paine
A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone. Billy Graham
The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between. Mother Teresa
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato
child in Afrikaans is kind
child in Danish is barn
child in Dutch is jong, loot, kind, afstammeling
child in French is enfant
child in German is Kind
child in Hungarian is gyermek, gyerek
child in Italian is fanciullo, fanciulla, fanciullesco
child in Latin is parvulus, liber
child in Norwegian is barn
child in Swedish is barn
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