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Illegitimate child   /ˌɪlɪdʒˈɪtəmɪt tʃaɪld/   Listen
Illegitimate child

noun
1.
The illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents.  Synonyms: bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, love child, whoreson.





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"Illegitimate child" Quotes from Famous Books



... before an applicant comes forward who can substantiate a claim upon it. The object of such bequests as these is sufficiently plain: the donors had evidently in view the counteracting of the wretched tendency of the old poor-law, which, by giving the mother of an illegitimate child a claim upon the parish funds, actually placed a ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 - Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 • Various


Words linked to "Illegitimate child" :   love child, offspring, issue, progeny


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