English Explanatory Dictionary

bantling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An infant or young child.
  2. A bastard-child.
  3. A brat.

Word forms

bantling bantlings

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from band(s) (“swaddling clothes”) + -ling, or a modification of German Bänkling (“bastard-child”), equivalent to bench + -ling.

Synonyms

babe infant
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