what does illegitimate mean?

Question

elizabeth i

Answer 1

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. unlawful; illegal: an illegitimate action.
4. irregular; not in good usage.
5. Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
6. Obsolete. (formerly, in London)

Answer 2

Illegitimate means that the child was born without the parents being married. I don't agree with that though, why should an innocent child be put in a certain class because of this? I think they should be illegitimate parents.

Answer 3

il·le·git·i·mate

–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. unlawful; illegal: an illegitimate action.
4. irregular; not in good usage.
5. Logic. not in accordance with the principles of valid inference.
6. Obsolete. (formerly, in London) a. of or pertaining to stage plays in which musical numbers were inserted because of laws that gave only a few theaters the exclusive right to produce straight dramas.
b. acting in or producing such productions.

–noun 7. a person recognized or looked upon as illegitimate.
–verb (used with object) 8. to declare illegitimate.

Answer 4

It means not legitimate. Not valid. Not able to be considered the real deal. Like for instance, when they used to say a child was illegitimate they would mean the child was not considered a real and valid heir like a child of marriage would be. It was an awful way to look at people, but you know how old folks thought . I am just a kid so I can say that! Hope this helps.

Answer 5

Elizabeth (heir apparent) was declared illegitimate after the execution of her mother Anne Boleyn for treason (amongst other things). basically it is a child born out of wedlock - bumping off the mother and declaring her illegitimate it Gave Henry the opportunity to marry again, and get a son (eventually to Jane Seymour)

Answer 6

in elizabeth i, illegitimate means not recognized like a child born out of wedlock.

when a man has a child with a woman he is not married to, that is considered his illegitimate child because technically they are not entitled to any inheritence after the father dies

Answer 7

Illegitimate means a number of things including something that is illegal, unlawful or against the law. When referring to children, it generally refers to children who are born out of wedlock, where the biological parents of the child are unmarried. In Judaism only children born by incest are termed as illegitimate or bastards. In terms of grammar it refers to something that is not in general correct usage. As a form of reasoning it can mean something totally illogical or incorrectly deduced. Illegitimate in biology refers to a scientific name that is unacceptable due to its non confirmation with international norms.

The antonyms of illegitimate include blessed, authorised, legal, legitimate, sanctioned, justifiable, moral etc. Something Illegitimate can be defined as something illegal, illicit, unlawful, lawless, criminal, misbegotten, bastard, baseborn etc.

HANK (Josh)

Answer 8

Against the law; illegal.
Born out of wedlock.
Grammar Not in correct usage.
Incorrectly deduced; illogical.
Biology Unacceptable as a scientific name because of contradiction to the international rules of nomenclature

Answer 9

If you are using the word with a person, it means that their parents were not married when the person was born. Webster has it as: not recognized as lawful offspring; specifically : born of parents not married to each other

This person would carry their mother's maiden name instead of their father's last name.

If it is regarding a practice or thing, it is something that is not sanctioned by law : ILLEGAL b : not authorized by good usage.

Answer 10

noun: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
adjective: contrary to or forbidden by law (Example: "An illegitimate seizure of power")
adjective: of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful