Childe Definition

chīld
noun
A young man of noble birth, esp. a candidate for knighthood.
Webster's New World

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

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Origin of Childe

  • Middle English childe, child child child

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English ċild.

    From Wiktionary

Childe Sentence Examples

  • The dying off of older branches and the vigorous growth of shoots nearer the apex of the stem produce a form of tree illustrated by the stone pine of the Mediterranean region (Pinus Pinea), which Turner has rendered familiar in his " Childe Harold's Pilgrimage " and other pictures of Italian scenery.

  • Anon so Elisabet of childbed aros Marie þat maiden milde 280 0 Went hir hom wel stilleliche, sche Šede gret wiþ childe.

  • His Last Canto of Childe Harold appeared in 1825, and he had to fight a duel (in which he was wounded) with an Italian officer, Colonel Pepe, in consequence of a phrase in it.

  • A further period of travel with Byron followed, and at this time Hobhouse wrote some notes to the fourth canto of Childe Harold.

  • She read widely though unsystematically, studying philosophy in Aristotle, Leibnitz, Locke and Condillac, and feeding her imagination with Rene and Childe Harold.

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