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"child" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often youngster (9 letters).
Definitions
A young person or son or daughter of someone.
Word origin
From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”).
Used in a sentence
“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”
“Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.”
“And not just the children, teenagers too. Chuck wants a football, Kathleen a tattoo.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues
01“Kid”5 letters
02“Not yet an adult”5 letters
03“Small human”5 letters
04“Young human”5 letters
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