woman-child
/ˈwʊmənˌtʃʌɪld/noun
1A female child; a girl. Now chiefly literary.
2A female child who acts like or resembles a woman.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in William Harrington (d. 1523), Catholic priest and author. From woman + child.
- marriage guidance counsellor
- marriage licence
- marriage lines
- marriage money
- marriage noose
- marriage of convenience
- Marriage of the Adriatic
- marriage partnership
- marriage payment
- marriage portion
- marriage proposal
- marriage rate
- marriage ring
- marriage service
- marriage settlement
- marriage song
- marriage supper
- marriage value
- commercialize
- commercialized
- commercially
- commercial paper
- commercial space
- commercial traveller
- commercial vehicle