bairn

chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of bairn The Wallace also has a children’s menu and wee bathrobes for the bairns in the marble guest bathrooms. Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2024 Later, Marsali once again fails to read the room and talks to Ian about all of her bairns and the joys of a big family. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bairn
Noun
  • And just traveling the world with my kids and my wife, and being able to eat and explore different flavors with them, has turned into this.
    Kenneth J. Williams Jr, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • All the fame and money in the world, but what about kids being kids?
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the oldest of three children, Fitzgerald had also just started living on his own in Manhattan, per the obit.
    David Chiu, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This includes the purple flowers wrapped in black tissue and ribbon that Sharon Osbourne and their children left at the Black Sabbath bench.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That led to a chaotic event shut down days early after 300-plus bears were killed, including at least 38 females with cubs, meaning the young bears probably died too.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Do not approach bears or intrude between a female bear and her cubs.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2025

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“Bairn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bairn. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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