Definitions
1.nounA person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)"Go easy on him: he is but a child."
2.noun(specifically) A female child, a girl.
3.noun(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter."My youngest child is forty-three this year."
4.nounThe thirteenth Lenormand card.
5.nounA figurative offspring, particularly:
6.nounA child of noble birth.
7.nounThe cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.