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Webster 1913 Edition


Whoreson

Whore′son

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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

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Noun.
A bastard; a word used generally in contempt.

Definition 2024


whoreson

whoreson

English

Noun

whoreson (plural whoresons)

  1. 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
  2. (literally) The son of a prostitute.

Synonyms

  • bastard, see also Wikisaurus:bastard

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