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Synonyms for bairn

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bairn; Scot. beyrn
Phonetic Transcription : bɛərn; Scot. beɪrn

Top 10 synonyms for bairn
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Définition of bairn

Origin :
  • "child" (of any age), Old English bearn "child, son, descendant," probably related to beran ("to bear, carry, give birth;" see bear (v.)). Originally not chiefly Scottish, but felt as such from c.1700. This was the English form of the original Germanic word for "child" (see child). Dutch, Old High German kind, German Kind are from a prehistoric *gen-to-m "born," from the same root as Latin gignere. Middle English had bairn-team "brood of children."
  • noun child
Example sentences :
  • Hath he no the smooth face o' a bairn and the thews' o' Behemoth?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Too awful it is for an aged man to bide and bear, that his bairn so young rides on the gallows.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Anonymous
  • But, at any rate, she was his wife, and the bairn would be his bairn.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • An', to tell the truth, sir, I'm no muckle mair nor a bairn in that respeck mysel'.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • "I haena seen the bairn," replied David, in repressed perturbation.
  • Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
  • I was not old, in heart—it pattered like a bairn's steps to every glimpse and sentence of her.
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • You forget I was but a bairn when we romped in the hay-dash.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • The bairn joined in her tears till M'Iver took it in his arms.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • "Jamie was richt like Joey when he was a bairn," Hendry said.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • I speired at 'im what he meant by terrifyin' a bairn, but he didna say naething.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie

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