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chield

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Scots chield, apparently a variant form of child retained in specific senses.

Noun

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chield (plural chields)

  1. (Scotland) A man; a fellow, chap.
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 196:
      Kinraddie fair seethed with the news next day, all about the attack on the Mill and how Rob had chased the childes that came up against him […].

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Scots

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Etymology

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Apparently a variant form of child.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chield (plural chields)

  1. child
  2. man, fellow, chap
  3. young woman