noun
A very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
(law) A minor.
(countable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A student in an infant school or the first part of a primary school.
(obsolete) A noble or aristocratic youth.
adjective
(not comparable, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Of or pertaining to the earlier half of primary school education.
(figurative, of a river) small, being near its source.
verb
(obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.