Legitimate

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

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Definition of Legitimate

Adjective

  1. In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
  2. Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

    "legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method"

  3. Authentic, real, genuine.

    "legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions"

  4. Marital.

    "Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines."

  5. Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

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