- chiel
- or chield noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) cheld, alteration of Middle English child child Date: 1507 chiefly Scottish fellow, lad
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Chiel — is a Dutch given name, and may refer to: Chiel Meijering (born 1954), Dutch composer Chiel Warners (born 1978), Dutch decathlete This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal li … Wikipedia
chiel — [chēldchēl] n. Scot. a young man: also chield [chēld] * * * … Universalium
chiel — [chēldchēl] n. Scot. a young man: also chield [chēld] … English World dictionary
chiel — ‘Why didn’t ye speak to me afore, chiel?’ says an elderly man to a young woman, in Thomas Hardy’s The Trumpet Major. The word appears to be a form of ‘chield’, which the Oxford English Dictionary reluctantly accepts as a variant of child.… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
chiel — ˈchē(ə)l noun or chield l(d) ( s) Etymology: Middle English cheld, variant of child more at child chiefly Scotland … Useful english dictionary
CHIEL, ARTHUR ABRAHAM — (1920–1983), U.S. Conservative rabbi and author. Chiel was born in Taylor, Pennsylvania, received an Orthodox education at Yeshiva University and his Reform ordination at the Jewish Institute of Religion (1946). In 1944, while still a student, he … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Chiel Meijering — (born 15 June 1954 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, percussion with Jan Labordus and Jan Pustjens, and piano at the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music. Although his over 300 works are composed for… … Wikipedia
Chiel Warners — Chiel Mathijs Warners (born 2 April 1978 in Harderwijk, Gelderland) is a former Dutch decathlete. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result … Wikipedia
CHIEL, SAMUEL — (1927– ), U.S. Conservative rabbi. Chiel was born in Taylor, Pennsylvania, and received his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1952 and his Doctor of Divinity degree from the Seminary in 1977. He served as a chaplain in the U.S.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
chiel — North Country (Newcastle) Words a young fellow, and sometimes applied more generally, as He s a queer chield … English dialects glossary
