nounWord forms: plural children1. a. a boy or girl between birth and puberty
b. (as modifier)
child labour
3. an unborn baby
▶ Related prefix:
paedo- 4. with child
5. a human offspring; son or daughter
▶ Related adjective:
filial 6. a childish or immature person
7. a member of a family or tribe; descendant
a child of Israel
8. a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment
a child of nature
9. English Midlands and Western England dialect a female infant