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Clipping of legitimate or legitimately.
First known use, by meaning
- from 19th c. A legitimate; a legitimate actor.
- from 20th c. A legitimate child.
- from 20th c. Legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules; valid.
- from 20th c. Not using cheats.
- from 20th c. Legitimately; within the law.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.