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childe
1[ chahyld ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a youth of noble birth.
Childe
2[ chahyld ]
noun
- Vere Gordon [veer], 1892–1957, English anthropologist, archaeologist, and writer; born in Australia.
childe
/ tʃaɪld /
noun
- archaic.a young man of noble birth
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Word History and Origins
Origin of childe1
C13: variant of child
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Example Sentences
On such a night one will naturally recall such passages as the following, from Byron's "Childe Harold:"
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This was at the time when he wrote the second canto of "Childe Harold."
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The impression produced two days later by Byron's "Childe Harold" was as instantaneous as it has proved deep and lasting.
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Through all these varied scenes his mind was brooding on the verses of the "Childe Harold."
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There is a fine expressive line in Childe Harold: “Blow, swiftly blow, thou keen compelling gale,” etc.
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