Usually means: Least prestigious, most divergent dialect.
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  2. basilect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. basilect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. basilect: Collins English Dictionary
  5. basilect: Wiktionary
  6. basilect: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. basilect: Dictionary.com
  8. Basilect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. basilect: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that differs substantially from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.

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