maid-child

See also: maidchild, and maid child

English

Noun

maid-child (plural maid-children)

1. Alternative spelling of maid child
   • 1865, George MacDonald, Alec Forbes of Howglen, Bernard Tauchnitz (1865), page 89:

     Mrs. Forbes's eyes were instantly fixed on her with mild astonishment, and something of a mother's tenderness awoke in her heart toward the little maid-child.