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Childe

//t͡ʃaɪld// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of child. alt-of, obsolete

    "I will that non childe of myne have any childe's parte of my goodes saving thies childer here in my will namyd, […]"

  2. 2
    A term of address for the eldest son of a lord or for a candidate for knighthood. UK, historical, no-plural

    "Childe Harold"

  3. 3
    A child of noble birth.
  4. 4
    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.""

  5. 5
    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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English ċild.

Etymology 2

Variant of Child.

Etymology 3

Titular capitalization of childe.

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