ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Childer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɪldə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Childer is a noun meaning (Ireland, obsolete elsewhere) Plural of child.

Meaning

(Ireland, obsolete elsewhere) Plural of child.

More Meanings

  1. (fantasy) Plural of childe (“self-turned vampire”).
  2. (Ireland, Northern England) A child.

Example Sentences

Ay, a childer's class, tha' knows — a Katty — Katty — Aw dunna know wot they caw'n it.
Yebbut...she ain't a childer any more...she's stuck in no-mans-land for the next few years.
Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.
As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin

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Related dictionary entries include wean, bairn, boyo, laddie, bairnhood, callant.

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