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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A male child; a boy; a son.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A male child.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of man child.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a child who is male

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