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ILLEGITIMATE CHILD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illegitimate child mean?
• ILLEGITIMATE CHILD (noun)
The noun ILLEGITIMATE CHILD has 1 sense:
1. the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Familiarity information: ILLEGITIMATE CHILD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bastard; by-blow; illegitimate; illegitimate child; love child; whoreson
Hypernyms ("illegitimate child" is a kind of...):
issue; offspring; progeny (the immediate descendants of a person)
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