Bastard

[Bas·tard]

Bastard used to be a not nice thing you called a child whose parents weren't married. But now it's a more general insult hurled toward a jerk or bad person. Bastard can also simply mean "fraudulent."

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A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

Noun
derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"

Noun
insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Noun
the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Adjective S.
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Adjective S.
born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman

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n.
A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

n.
An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.

n.
A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.

n.
A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.

n.
A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

a.
Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

n.
Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.

n.
Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.

n.
Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.

v. t.
To bastardize.

Bastard

Bas"tard , n. [OF. bastard, bastart, F. btard, prob. fr. OF. bast, F. bt, a packsaddle used as a bed by the muleteers (fr. LL. bastum) + -ard. OF. fils de bast son of the packsaddle; as the muleteers were accustomed to use their saddles for beds in the inns. See Cervantes, "Don Quixote," chap. 16; and cf.G. bankert, fr. bank bench.] 1. A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union. &hand; By the civil and canon laws, and by the laws of many of the United States, a bastard becomes a legitimate child by the intermarriage of the parents at any subsequent time. But by those of England, and of some states of the United States, a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage. Kent. Blackstone. 2. (Sugar Refining) (a) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that already had several boilings. (b) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained. 3. A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
Brown bastard is your only drink.
4. A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.

Bastard

Bas"tard , a. 1. Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note. 2. Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
That bastard self-love which is so vicious in itself, and productive of so many vices.
3. Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin. [Obs.] 4. (Print.) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book. Bastard ashlar (Arch.), stones for ashlar work, roughly squared at the quarry. -- Bastard file, a file intermediate between the coarsest and the second cut. -- Bastard type (Print.), type having the face of a larger or a smaller size than the body; e.g., a nonpareil face on a brevier body. -- Bastard wing (Zo'94l.), three to five quill feathers on a small joint corresponding to the thumb in some mam malia; the alula.

Bastard

Bas"tard, v. t. To bastardize. [Obs.] Bacon.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.

To bastardize.

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Usage Examples

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.