bastard
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bas·tard
(băs'tərd) 
n.
n.
- A child born out of wedlock.
- Something that is of irregular, inferior, or dubious origin.
- Slang. A person, especially one who is held to be mean or disagreeable.
- Born of unwed parents; illegitimate.
- Not genuine; spurious: a bastard style of architecture.
- Resembling a known kind or species but not truly such.
[Middle English, from Old French, probably of Germanic origin, akin to Old Frisian bōst, marriage.]
bastardly bas'tard·ly adj.Roget's Thesaurus:
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bastard
adjective
- Born to parents who are not married to each other: baseborn, illegitimate, misbegotten, natural, spurious, unlawful. See kin, law.
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bastard
adj
Definition: illegitimate
Antonyms: claimed, genuine, legitimate
n
Definition: illegitimate male
Antonyms: legitimate
A nonstandard item; one of irregular or abnormal size or shape or of inferior quality.
Columbia Encyclopedia:
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bastard
bastard, person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage after birth makes the child legitimate. It is presumed that any child born to a married woman, or within competent time after termination of the marriage, is the child of her husband. If, however, it can be proved that it was physically impossible for the husband to have been the father (e.g., because of nonaccess to the wife), he may bring action to establish the illegitimacy of the child. Unlike civil law, which granted bastards certain rights, English common law treated them almost as persons outside the law and left their care to poorhouses. At common law bastards have no right to inherit property from their mother or father except by specific designation (e.g., in a will). In the mid-20th cent. their condition has been much improved by statute. Discrimination against children born out of wedlock is now subject to constitutional limitation under the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment. For the status of children born to annulled marriages, see nullity of marriage; husband and wife. See also legitimation.
Barron's Law Dictionary:
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bastard
“an illegitimate child,” 281 So. 2d 587, 588; “children who are not born either in lawful wedlock or within a competent time after its termination,” 93 P. 2d 825; also, a child of a married woman conceived with one who is not the husband of the mother.
See 17 N.W. 2d 546, 549. “A child born out of lawful matrimony or born to a married woman under conditions where the presumption of legitimacy is not conclusive and has been rebutted.” 30 N.E. 2d 587, 589.
See 17 N.W. 2d 546, 549. “A child born out of lawful matrimony or born to a married woman under conditions where the presumption of legitimacy is not conclusive and has been rebutted.” 30 N.E. 2d 587, 589.
Barron's Wine Lover's Companion:
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bastard
A sweet wine of uncertain origin that was popular in England during the sixteenth century. It's thought to have come from either Spain, Portugal, or the Portuguese island of madeira. The wine is said to have been made from the Bastardo grape (hence the name), which is still grown in parts of Portugal.
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noun
noun
1: Used as a term of abuse, esp. for a man or boy. (1830 —) .
H. G. Wells Serve the cocky little bastard right (1940).
2: A fellow, chap. (1919 —) .
K. Weatherly 'You're not a bad bastard, Hunter,' he said, 'in spite of your lousy cooking' (1968).
3: Something bad or annoying. (1938 —) .
J. Maclaren-Ross This bastard of a bump on the back of my head (1961).
[From the earlier sense, one born out of wedlock.]
noun
1: Used as a term of abuse, esp. for a man or boy. (1830 —) .
H. G. Wells Serve the cocky little bastard right (1940).
2: A fellow, chap. (1919 —) .
K. Weatherly 'You're not a bad bastard, Hunter,' he said, 'in spite of your lousy cooking' (1968).
3: Something bad or annoying. (1938 —) .
J. Maclaren-Ross This bastard of a bump on the back of my head (1961).
[From the earlier sense, one born out of wedlock.]
| bass-ackwards, basket case, basket | |
| bat, batch, bate |
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categories related to 'bastard'
- Pregnancy and Birth - bastard: illegitimate child
- Curses and Oaths
- Behavior or Personality
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Bastard
Dansk (Danish)
n. - barn født uden for ægteskab
adj. - uægteskabelig
Nederlands (Dutch)
bastaard, smeerlap, moeilijke taak, niet officieel, onecht (kind)
Français (French)
n. - bâtard, enfant naturel, salaud (péj, fam)
adj. - naturel, bâtard, corrompu, abâtardi (une langue), (Imprim) d'un autre ¯il (caractère d'imprimerie)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schweinehund, Bastard, uneheliches Kind
adj. - natürlich, Bastard..., (fig) falsch, unecht
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νόθος, μπάσταρδος, παλιοτόμαρο
Italiano (Italian)
mascalzone, bastardo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bastardo (m), canalha (m), coisa (f) inferior
Русский (Russian)
мерзавец, незаконнорожденный ребенок
Español (Spanish)
n. - cabrón, canalla, hijo ilegítimo
adj. - bastardo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utomäktenskapligt barn, oäkta barn, knöl, skitstövel, fanskap, bastard, halvblod
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非婚生子, 假冒品, 非婚生子女, 私生的, 不合标准的, 不纯的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 非婚生子, 假冒品, 非婚生子女
adj. - 私生的, 不合標準的, 不純的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사생아, 가짜, 놈
adj. - 사생의, 가짜의, 비정상적인
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 私生児, 庶子, 私生子, にせもの
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) ابن زنا, نغل, غير شرعي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ממזר, נבזה (מדוברת), משימה קשה (מדוברת), בן-כלאיים
adj. - ממזר, נבזה (מדוברת), מזוייף, (שפה) משובשת
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