Definition of Children

1. n. pl. of Child.

Definition of Children

1. Noun. More than one son or daughter, or none. Offspring. ¹

2. Noun. More than one young person, or none. ¹

3. Noun. Members of a tribe. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) Things or abstractions derived from or caused by something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Children

1. child [n] - See also: child

Lexicographical Neighbors of Children

childminder
childminders
childminding
childminds
childness
childproof
childproofed
childproofing
childproofs
childraiser
childraisers
childraising
childrearer
childrearers
childrearing
children (current term)
children's home
children's immunizations
children of the manse
children should be seen and not heard
childrenite
childrenless
childrens
childrenswear
childs
childsafe
childship
childships
chile
chile pepper

Literary usage of Children

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. by Harriet Jacobs (1862)
"NEW DESTINATION FOE THE children. MRS. FLINT proclaimed her intention of informing Mrs. Sands who was the father of my children. She likewise proposed to ..."

2. The Montessori method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori (1912)
"The man who had studied abnormal children for thirty years expressed the idea that the physiological method, which has as its base the individual study of ..."

3. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass (1855)
"The allowance of food and clothing for the little children, was committed ... children who were unable to work in the field, had neither shoes, stockings, ..."

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