illegitimate child
child born out of wedlock, one born of parents not married to each other | ||||
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Illegitimate child Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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illegitimate child
Noun
1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
(synonym) bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate, whoreson
(hypernym) offspring, progeny, issue
Noun
1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
(synonym) bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate, whoreson
(hypernym) offspring, progeny, issue
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illegitimate child
illegitimate child
n : the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate, whoreson]
illegitimate child
n : the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn: bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate, whoreson]
Illegitimate child Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Illegitimacy
Illegitimacy is the status that was once commonly ascribed to individuals born to parents who were not married. A corresponding legal term was bastardy. The child's status could be changed in either direction by civil (as in the case of the Princes in the Tower) or canon law. In some jurisdictions, marriage of an illegitimate child's parents after its birth resulted in the child's legitimation, the child's legal status then changing to "special bastardy."
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