maid child
See also: maidchild and maid-child
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English maid childe, maide child, maide-child, maide childe, maidechilde, mayde child, mayde childe, mayde chyld, mayde-chyld, maydechylde. Compare Middle English maidenchild, from Old English mæġdenċild.
Noun
maid child (plural maid children)
- (archaic) A young female human; a girl.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 12:5:
- But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:girl.
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