What does "paternity" mean?
Paternity: Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
Additional senses
- 2.Origin; authorship. The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed. Sir W. Scott.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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