love child





See also: lovechild and love-child



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  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Alternative forms


    • 1.2 Noun


      • 1.2.1 Synonyms


      • 1.2.2 Translations




    • 1.3 Anagrams







English



Alternative forms



  • love-child

  • lovechild



Noun


love child (plural love children)



  1. (euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
    Synonym: bastard


    • 1841, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, ch. 36:
      Nobody ever came to see her, nobody spoke of her, nobody cared about her. Mr Brass had said once, that he believed she was a ‘love-child’ (which means anything but a child of love).




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  • see also Thesaurus:bastard


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