illegitimate offspring

collocation in English

meaningsofillegitimateandoffspring

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illegitimate
adjective
uk
/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
born of parents not married to ...
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offspring
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒf.sprɪŋ/us
/ˈɑːf.sprɪŋ/
the young of ...
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(Definition ofillegitimateandoffspringfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These include legitimate andillegitimateoffspring, the latter the product of media inseminations.
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Many medieval scholars and clerics certainly had flesh and blood mistresses andillegitimateoffspringas well.
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The diligence with which local clergymen recordedillegitimateoffspringis of course fundamental.
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Now, on the other hand, extra-marital liaisons are generally a matter of milder and individual concern, and the drive to preventillegitimateoffspringhas concomitantly decreased.
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I should describe nationalism as theillegitimateoffspringof patriotism, out of inferiority complex.
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They want, therefore, to put theillegitimateoffspringin the same position as the legitimate offspring, the legitimised child and the adopted child.
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In other words, it will be the uneasyillegitimateoffspringborne out of a sort of sub-primary system and a sort of general election.
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It is unfortunate if some parents fail to make a will and theirillegitimateoffspringsuffer as a consequence.
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The ostensible reason must have been that theillegitimateoffspringwould become a burden on the parish.
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In the laws of inheritance,illegitimateoffspringhad rights as well as legitimate ones.
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