Illegitimate and Poor

Illegitimate

Illegitimate adjective - Born to a father and mother who are not married.

Poor and illegitimate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poor" instead an adjective "Illegitimate".

Nearby Words: illegitimacy, illegitimately

Poor

Poor adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.

Illegitimate and poor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Illegitimate" instead an adjective "Poor".

Nearby Words: poorly, poorness

Both words in one sentence

  • In Doctor Thorne, Frank Gresham's parents don't want him to wed Mary Thorne, who is illegitimate and poor.
  • Or a ghetto filled with those too poor to live in Diagon Alley, containing both legitimate and illegitimate business?
  • Comic Book / Diabolik Clotilde Luger, the headmistress of a boarding school theoretically for poor and orphans but in fact used by rich and important people to get rid of illegitimate children and other annoying minor relatives.
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