Definition of "childer"

Parents, I've noticed, have a trick of saying their prayers through their childer on weathersome days.

1906, Halliwell Sutcliffe, A Benedick in Arcady

As yo ma be quoit shure where there's agret family a childer, a wumman's loik tubbe varra throng ina monin

1839, Abel BYWATER, The Sheffield Dialect. [A Series of Papers in that Dialect, with a Glossary.], page 223

Aye has he, Dan'l Drax, so do ee larn him what cums to they as lets off rebels. He be safter nor turnips, nor boiled turnips, so he be. Was blubberin' while back over yon rebel an'a childer !

1894, Emily Lawless, Maelcho: A Sixteenth Century Narrative

Ay, a childer's class, tha' knows — a Katty — Katty — Aw dunna know wot they caw'n it.

1899, Frederick R. Smith, Doxie Dent: A Clog-shop Chronicle

Yebbut...she ain't a childer any more...she's stuck in no-mans-land for the next few years.

2003 September 13, Guy King, “Re: Hi from Kran”, in uk.rec.sheds‎ (Usenet)