Toddler

//ˈtɑdlɚ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young child who has started walking but not fully mastered it, typically between one and three years old.

    "I can't believe Vanessa's baby is now a toddler already!"

  2. 2
    a young child who is just beginning to walk wordnet
  3. 3
    One unsteady on their feet.

    "He is sixty-five years old if he is a fortnight, while the girl has only just done with her dolls,and hos no more love for the toothless old toddler than I have for Mammy Wombat, the black gin."

Etymology

From toddle (“to walk unsteadily”) + -er – literally “one who walks unsteadily”, hence a young child.

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