childe

noun

1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete form of child.

   “I will that non childe of myne have any childe's parte of my goodes saving thies childer here in my will namyd, […]”

   “It'm I gyue & bequithe vnto my Mr iij childringe my beste coalte […] It'm I bequithe & gyue vnto yt childe yt my wiffe is wth all at this p'sente fortie […]”

   “A good childe is to obey a wicked father as he is a father, [... as] children to their parents.”

2. A child of noble birth.
3. The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.

   “Childe Rowland to the dark tower came. His word was still "Fie, foh, and fum, I smell the blood of a British man."”

4. A vampire who was turned by another vampire (the childe's sire) in a particular way.

   “She had waded in blood and reveled in death, she had torn her enemies asunder with shadow and given their childer to the flame.”

   “Alexander, the ancient vampire who has ruled Paris for many centuries, has been deposed by his own childe, Sir Geoffrey.”

   “The blood loss involved in creating a childe takes a lot out of the vampire sire.”

5. (UK, historical, no-plural)A term of address for the eldest son of a lord or for a candidate for knighthood.

   “Childe Harold”

name

1. A surname.