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The definition of a bastard is someone whose parents did not marry, or is something that has been changed or is not normal, or is slang for someone who people do not like.

(noun)

An example of a bastard is a child who does not know her father.
An example of something that can be referred to as a bastard is a song that has been poorly remade.
An example of someone who may be called a bastard is someone who routinely bullies others.

See bastard in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child
anything spurious, inferior, or varying from standard
Slang a person regarded with contempt, hatred, pity, resentment, etc. or, sometimes, with playful affection: a vulgar usage

Origin: ME < OFr < bast- (also in fils de bast) (< ? Goth bansts, barn) + -ard, -ard: hence, one conceived in a barn

adjective

of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard
that is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it: gneiss is called bastard granite
not genuine; sham; inferior

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