Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bairn
1 sense of bairn
Sense 1
bairn -- (a child: son or daughter)
=> child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling -- (a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster")