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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Scots chield, apparently a variant form of child retained in specific senses.
Noun
chield (plural chields)
- (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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Apparently a variant form of child.
Pronunciation
Noun
chield (plural chields)
- child
- man, fellow, chap
- young woman