childer
/ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A child.
Example Sentences
- ""Well, whin we got up to the house, there was every one o' the people that's in the work, min, women and childher, all come together in the yard; an' a purty sight it was to luk upon, Thady: they wor all so nate an so clane, an' so happy.""
- "Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days."
- "As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin"
- "Aye has he, Dan'l Drax, so do ee larn him what cums to they as lets off rebels. He be safter nor turnips, nor boiled turnips, so he be. Was blubberin' while back over yon rebel an'a childer !"
- "Ay, a childer's class, tha' knows — a Katty — Katty — Aw dunna know wot they caw'n it."
- "Yebbut...she ain't a childer any more...she's stuck in no-mans-land for the next few years."
Etymology
From Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: childer, ċildra