Meaning

• A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

  "Go easy on him: he is but a child."

• (specifically) A female child, a girl.

• (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.

  "My youngest child is forty-three this year."

• The thirteenth Lenormand card.

• A figurative offspring, particularly:

Meaning

• A child of noble birth.

• The cognomen given to the oldest son prior to his taking his father's title.