What does "offspring" mean?
Offspring: That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock. To the gods alone Our future offspring and our wives are known. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Origin; lineage; family. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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