a young person, esp between infancy and youth
an unborn or recently born person
a son or daughter
archaic or literary (+ of) a descendant
the Children of David
a childlike or childish person
(+ of) a person who is strongly influenced by another or by a place or state of affairs
a child of the depression years
(+ of) a product or result
… dreams; which are the children of an idle brain — Shakespeare
with child
said of a woman: pregnant
childless adj
childlessness noun
[Old English cild]