(UK) A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.

(obsolete) A child conceived before a wedding and born afterwards.

(archaic) A young female human; a girl.

Alternative spelling of maid child

(archaic) A young female human; a girl. / (colloquial, generally derogatory) An adult female considered childish or immature.

Alternative spelling of woman child

A human offspring that is developing in the uterus; fetus.

A feral child who lives as a dog, outside human society. / (often humorous) A dog, treated as if a child of the owner.

A child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.

(psychology) In an immediate family containing three children, the child who is neither the oldest nor the youngest, often believed to receive less parental attention than do his or her two siblings and to have skills as a mediator.