bairn [bɛːn]noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(Scotland) A child or baby.She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns. — 1902 verb1 •(Scotland) To get (someone) pregnant.Go and kick the man that bairned your Nancy. — 1992 formsbairned · bairning · bairns