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Webster 1913 Edition
Whoreson
Whore′son
,Noun.
A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; – used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.
[Archaic]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whoreson
WHORESON
,Noun.
Definition 2024
whoreson
whoreson
English
Noun
whoreson (plural whoresons)
- An illegitimate child born of unwed parents.
- 1605, Though this knave came something saucily to the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair, there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged. — William Shakespeare, King Lear I.i
- (literally) The son of a prostitute.
Synonyms
- bastard, see also Wikisaurus:bastard
Translations
illegitimate child
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