Bastard Definition
bastərd
bastards
noun
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A person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child.
Webster's New World
Anything spurious, inferior, or varying from standard.
Webster's New World
A person regarded with contempt, hatred, pity, resentment, etc. or, sometimes, with playful affection.
Webster's New World
Same as illegitimate child. See child.
Webster's New World Law
The child of a married woman whose father is not the woman’s husband or whose paternity is not conclusively established.
Webster's New World Law
Synonyms:
- heel
- ratfink
- fink
- rat
- stinker
- son of a bitch or SOB
- scoundrel
- rascal
- cheat
- ne'er-do-well
- Sunday's child
- nullius filius (Latin)
- child born out of wedlock
- love-child
- illegitimate child
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adjective
Of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin.
Webster's New World
Of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard.
Webster's New World
That is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it.
Gneiss is called bastard granite.
Webster's New World
Not genuine; sham; inferior.
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