† ˈchildrenless,a.Obs. [f.children, pl. of child + -less.] Without children; = childless. 1387Trevisa Higden (1865) I. 183 [Þey] dradde also þat longe abidynge from home in werre..schulde make hem childrenlese.1566Drant Horace's Sat. v. K iij, If thoue be ryche, and chyldrenles.