Not legitimate.Not logically inferred or deduced; not warranted; illogical: as, an illegitimate inference.Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard: as, an illegitimate child. See legitimate.In botany, produced by irregular or abnormal fertilization. See phrase below.To render or prove illegitimate; attaint as having been born out of wedlock; bastardize.n. An emigrant who has come of his own volition and has not had ‘legal reasons’ for his voyage. See legitimate, n., 2.