child "1. a young person especially between infancy and puberty 2. a person not yet of the age of majority..." It depends on the definition of child you are

child "1. a young person especially between infancy and puberty 2. a person not yet of the age of majority..." It depends on the definition of child you are using, I always thought the first to be correct. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/child