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Meanings of man-child in English

Portuguese
menino

A child who is male.

      menino
      Usage of man-child in English
      1
      Fear rose instantly in the man-child, but stronger was his cornered rage.
      The Mantooth
      2
      But my little Spartan man-child has never known a single day's sickness.
      The Prairie Wife
      3
      For the man-child has come, even as you said that he would.
      The Mantooth
      4
      In either case, Trump's advisers are advertising that their candidate is a man-child.
      NY Magazine
      5
      He looked the man-child straight in the eye, and said sincerely.
      The Mantooth
      6
      Her production of a man-child was the further and grosser offence.
      The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3
      7
      Her own life meant nothing, and the man-child need not die.
      The Mantooth
      8
      Once upon a time there was born a man-child with a magic shadow.
      Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
      9
      As the single went platinum, a man-child singing sensation was born.
      Ebony
      10
      Barking sharply three times in succession, he summoned the man-child to come down.
      The Mantooth
      11
      The man-child's hand was forced, and all power to choose taken from him.
      The Mantooth
      12
      I took this body from a poor addled nitwit, an easily manipulated man-child.
      Monster Hunter Vendetta
      13
      To think of Andy alive, and your strong man-child lying dead!
      Then Marched the Brave
      14
      Zvain wasn't the most irritating man-child to raise his breaking voice within Urik's walls.
      The brazen gambit
      15
      Then she turned again to her man-child and stared stupidly.
      Joyce of the North Woods
      16
      A man-child, Mrs. McKee, not in a manger, of course.
      K
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      menino
      Man-child through the time
      Man-child across language varieties
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