childe
/t͡ʃaɪld/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
noun
A term of address for the eldest son of a lord or for a candidate for knighthood.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Childe Rowland to the dark tower came. His word was still "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man.""
- "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."
Etymology
From Old English ċild.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: ċild