illegitimate son

collocation in English

meaningsofillegitimateandson

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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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son
noun[C]
uk
/sʌn/us
/sʌn/
your ...
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(Definition ofillegitimateandsonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has anillegitimateson.
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One of them concerned a policeman who wanted to be allowed to see hisillegitimateson.
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There she bore anillegitimateson.
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He was theillegitimatesonof a priest.
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However, he was theillegitimatesonof a concubine.
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She did bring up herillegitimatesonherself.
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He left his property to his eldestillegitimateson.
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It is revealed that they have anillegitimatesontogether.
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He brings back the head, and the lady confesses that he was herillegitimateson.
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His epitaph referred to him as anillegitimatesonof the elector.
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The then "zamindar" of the region, anillegitimatesonof his predecessor, was an oppressive tyrant.
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Wikoff was born around 1811, theillegitimatesonof a doctor.
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He never married, but had oneillegitimatesonand two illegitimate daughters.
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A father is entitled to succeed on intestacy to the property of anillegitimateson, and equally, this does not depend on what the father's conduct has been.
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He is theillegitimatesonof the president, who hates his father for not recognizing him as a son.
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Douglass never married, but had anillegitimateson(born in 1745) whom he adopted, causing a scandal in society.
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He was introduced as anillegitimatesonwho never saw his father until after the latter's death.
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In his childhood, he was always tormented about him being theillegitimatesonof the previous family head.
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I should make it clear that the crofters do not set their faces against the direct succession of the widow and theillegitimatesonbeing taken in line of succession.
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The quartet travel together for a while, and she reveals she has anillegitimatesonthat was sequestered from her, allegedly due to her blindness.
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Under the highly strict social customs of the time, anillegitimatesonwould not be accepted in the military, nor a child with indigenous ancestry.
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In several cases, this surname was used by anillegitimatesonof a king and is still borne by his descendants.
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It is the story of a businessman who tries to find theillegitimatesonhe gave up to an orphanage many years ago.
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