Childe

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childe¹

  • /t͡ʃaɪld/

Sounds like child · Rhymes with -aɪld

Where it comes from

From Old English ċild.

noun

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of child.child I will that non childe of myne have any childe's parte of my goodes saving thies childer here in my will namyd, […]
  2. A child of noble birth.
  3. The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title. Childe Rowland to the dark tower came. His word was still "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man."
  4. A vampire who was turned by another vampire (the childe's sire) in a particular way. She had waded in blood and reveled in death, she had torn her enemies asunder with shadow and given their childer to the flame.

Childe²

Where it comes from

Variant of Child.

proper noun Childes

  1. A surname.

Childe³

Where it comes from

Titular capitalization of childe.

noun

  1. UK, historical, no plural A term of address for the eldest son of a lord or for a candidate for knighthood. Childe Harold

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