childe
Speech parts
1. childe - Noun
2. Childe - Proper noun
Meaning
A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.
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Childe the Hunter View of the setting of Childe's Tomb According to legend, the cross was erected over the kistvaen (burial chamber) of Childe the Hunter, who was Ordulf, son of Ordgar, an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Devon in the 11th century.
Ironically, though Childe loathes fieldwork, citation Indy goes on to say, "If you want to be a good archaeologist, you gotta get out of the library."
Hayes (1964) p. 220 The Badari was followed by the Amratian (Naqada I) and Gerzeh (Naqada II) cultures, Childe, V. Gordon (1953), New Light on the Most Ancient Near East, (Praeger Publications) which brought a number of technological improvements.
Childe was a philologist turned archaeologist.
Childe, who was writing for the masses, did not make use of critical apparatus and offered no attributions in his texts.
Childe became separated from the main party and was lost.