Child | Mean of child in English Dictionary

/ˈtʃajəld/

• Noun
• a young person
1. the birth of a child
2. She's pregnant with their first child.
3. a play for both children and adults
4. I went there once as a child. [=when I was a child]
5. a child prodigy
6. a child actor
7. child development
8. child psychologists
• a son or daughter
1. All of their children are grown now.
2. an elderly couple and their adult children
• an adult who acts like a child
1. I'm a child when it comes to doing taxes. [=I need to be told or shown what to do]
2. Men are such children sometimes.

• a person who has been strongly influenced by a certain place or time or by the events happening during that time
1. She's a child of her time.
2. a child of the Depression