Childer

//ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Plural of child. Ireland, form-of, plural

    "Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days."

  2. 2
    A child. Ireland, Northern-England

    "As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin"

  3. 3
    Plural of childe (“self-turned vampire”). form-of, plural

Synonyms

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kiddescendantfryminornipperoffspring

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"Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days."

Etymology

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

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