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Definition of Childless
1. Adjective. Without offspring. "In some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"
Definition of Childless
1. Adjective. Not having any children. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Childless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Childless
Literary usage of Childless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Edith Belle Lowry (1911)
"childless homes are not the happy homes, anyhow! Their occupants usually are
dissatisfied; the women are nervous, irritable and unhappy; the men are seeking ..."
2. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"The clause in question gave one third of the residuary estate to his son John
Purdy, with a proviso that if the son died childless, his third part should go ..."
3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor: With a Life of the Author by Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber (1839)
"Being childless. But, by this means, I am left without an heir. Well, suppose
that: thou hast no heir, and I have no inheritance ; and there are many kings ..."
4. Germany by OECD Staff (2005)
"The tax wedge for childless singles and married couples with two children,
1979-2003 Income tax plus employee and employer contributions less family ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... mostly find a place is in the home of a long-married or childless couple.
How does the wife tolerate the presence of the concubine ? ..."
6. A Practical Treatise on the Law of Perpetuity: Or, Remoteness in Limitations by William David Lewis (1843)
"... that it applies only to the case of a testator, childless at the date of his
will, and not, to that of one who has then any issue. ..."
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