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Synonyms for ILLEGITIMATE: spurious, misbegotten, supposititious, adopted, natural, orphaned, unfathered, baseborn; Antonyms of ILLEGITIMATE: legitimate, legal ...
How to use bastard in a sentence. a child born to parents who are not married to each other; ... 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1. Adjective.
4 meanings: 1. born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth; bastard 2. forbidden by law; illegal;.... Click for more definitions.
illegitimacy, status of children begotten and born outside of wedlock. Many statutes either state, or are interpreted to mean, that usually a child born under a void marriage is not illegitimate if his parents clearly believed that they were legally married. Similarly, annulment of a marriage usually does not illegitimize the children.
illegitimate in American English. ( adjective & noun ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtəmɪt, verb ˌɪlɪˈdʒɪtəˌmeit) (verb -mated, -mating) adjective. 1. born of parents who are not married to each other; born out of wedlock. an illegitimate child. 2. not legitimate; not sanctioned by law or custom. 3.
Definition of illegitimate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ILLEGITIMATE definition: 1. An illegitimate child is born to parents who are not married to each other. 2. not legal…. Learn more.
