by-blow
Americannoun
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a passing or incidental blow
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an archaic word for a bastard
Etymology
Origin of by-blow
Example Sentences
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Our idea of religion is a by-blow of the Reformation, a Protestant concept foregrounding a personal state of mind and creedal beliefs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
As a by-blow of the Foreign Ministers Conference in Brussels, the Big Three agreed that they would send a conditional yes to the Big Fourth's proposal for another talk on Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
He tried wearing it backward until Mot Snevets palled, then became Thomas Terry, which made too many people think that he was a by-blow of the famed acting family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chief humiliator is Uncle Arthur Blake, Squire of Breetholm Manor, who takes his elder brother's by-blow into service, spends a futile year trying to break his spirit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe Locke should also remember that I am merely one of the by-blow children of Madoc’s human wife.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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