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noun
A child or baby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
Qualifier: and parts of Northern England
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verb
To get (someone) pregnant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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noun
a child: son or daughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
History
Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
