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Definition of Man-child
1. Noun. A child who is male.
Generic synonyms: Male, Male Person, Child, Kid
Specialized synonyms: Boy, Son
Antonyms: Female Offspring
Definition of Man-child
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of man child) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Man-child
Literary usage of Man-child
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Thus man-child, woman- child, male-child, female-child, are true cases of gender,
since they are grammatical distinctions in the use of words. ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The pain av bearin' you shall know but niver the pleasure av giving the breast;
an' you shall put away a man-child into the common ground wid niver a priest ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Doublet, whit. might be a man, child, animal, or (in the imagination of the
Aryan)Seer, 3403. —AS luil, or wile, a wile, AS Chron. an. ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"She brought a man-child forth ; and sighed, and passed. When smite first sunbeams,
on Rosmerta's face, The sweet child wakes, from long uneasy rest; ..."
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