bantling

Meaning

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) An infant or young child.
2. (archaic) A bastard-child.
3. (archaic, derogatory) A brat.

Translations

νήπιο

παιδάκι

misbaksel

bebek

👶

çocuk

🧒

yumurcak

Etymology

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