maid child

See also: maidchild and maid-child

English

Alternative forms

• maid-child, maidchild

Etymology

From Middle English maid childe, maide child, maide-child, maide childe, maidechilde, mayde child, mayde childe, mayde chyld, mayde-chyld, maydechylde. Compare Middle English maidenchild, from Old English mæġdenċild.

Noun

maid child (plural maid children)

1. (archaic) A young female human; a girl.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 12:5:

     But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:girl.