Definition of "little one"

little one

noun
plural little ones
1. A young child.
  Quotations
  ⁠I do but sing because I must,And pipe but as the linnets sing:And unto one her note is gay,⁠For now her little ones have ranged;⁠And unto one her note is changed,Because her brood is stol’n away.
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XXI, page 36
2. A term of endearment, especially toward a child.
  Quotations
  "How about you, little one? What do you think of me?"
  2014 January 14, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 481 - Lady