"man child" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: man children [plural], men children [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English manchylde, man-chylde (“a male child”), equivalent to man + child. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|manchylde}} Middle English manchylde, {{m|enm|man-chylde|t=a male child}} man-chylde (“a male child”), {{af|en|man|child}} man + child Head templates: {{en-noun|man children|men children}} man child (plural man children or men children)
  1. (archaic) A young male human; a boy. Tags: archaic Synonyms: boy Translations (a young male human; a boy): мо́мче (mómče) [neuter] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-man_child-en-noun-y-mi2lhO Disambiguation of 'a young male human; a boy': 90 10
  2. (informal, chiefly derogatory) An adult male who is childish or immature. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Children, People, Personality Synonyms: man-child, manchild Related terms: manboy, Peter Pan syndrome Translations (an adult man who is childish or immature): де́тенце (détence) [neuter] (Macedonian), не́зрел (nézrel) (Macedonian), недо́раснат (nedórasnat) (Macedonian), crianção [masculine] (Portuguese), zangolotino (Spanish), förvuxet barn [neuter] (Swedish), barnrumpa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-man_child-en-noun--vd8lLox Disambiguation of Children: 34 66 Disambiguation of People: 44 56 Disambiguation of Personality: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English oxymorons, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 99 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 98 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'an adult man who is childish or immature': 4 96

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