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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.
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Portuguese
menino
Man-child through the time
Man-child across language varieties
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