Child

n.; pl. CHĬL'/DREN. [A-S. cild, pl. cildru, cildra. Cf. Goth. kilthei, womb, in-kilthō, with child, and k'eian, us-keian, Gr. φῦναι; Dan. kuld, Sw. kull, progeny. Cf. CHIN.] 1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents. Men are but children of a larger growth. Dryden. 2. A young person of either sex; hence, one who exhibits the character of a very young person; as, a child in knowledge, &c. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. I Cor. xiii. 11.

3. Descendants, however remote;— used especially in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
4. One who, by character or practice, shows signs of relationship to another; as, a child of God; a child of the devil.

To be with child, to be pregnant.