childer

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childer

/ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

From Middle English childer, childre, from Old English ċildra, ċildru.

noun

Ireland, plural Plural of child "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."
plural Plural of childe (“self-turned vampire”).

noun childers · children

Ireland, Northern England A child. As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin

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@misc{childer_2026,
  title = {childer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/childer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}