Innocent \In"no*cent\, n. 1. An innocent person; one free from, or unacquainted with, guilt or sin. --Shak. 2. An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. --B. Jonson. In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent. --Sir W. Scott. {Innocents' day} (Eccl.), Childermas day.
Innocents' Day n : December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem [syn: {Holy Innocents' Day}]