Definitions from Wiktionary (Bastard)
▸ noun: (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
▸ noun: A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
▸ noun: (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
▸ noun: (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
▸ noun: (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
▸ noun: (informal) A child who does not know their father.
▸ noun: (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
▸ noun: A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
▸ noun: A bastard file.
▸ noun: A kind of sweet wine.
▸ noun: A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
▸ noun: An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
▸ noun: A large mould for straining sugar.
▸ noun: A writing paper of a particular size.
▸ noun: (UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
▸ adjective: Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
▸ adjective: Of or like a bastard (bad person).
▸ adjective: Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
▸ adjective: Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
▸ adjective: Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
▸ adjective: (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
▸ adjective: Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
▸ adjective: (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
▸ adjective: (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
▸ adjective: (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To bastardize.
▸ noun: A surname from Old French.
▸ Also see bastard
rhineland bastards,
low ping bastards,
Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down,
Battle of the Bastards,
The Inglorious Bastards,
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▸ noun: (dated) A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
▸ noun: A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
▸ noun: (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, usually referring specifically to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
▸ noun: (endearing or humorous) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
▸ noun: (often preceded by ‘poor’) A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
▸ noun: (informal) A child who does not know their father.
▸ noun: (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
▸ noun: A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
▸ noun: A bastard file.
▸ noun: A kind of sweet wine.
▸ noun: A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
▸ noun: An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
▸ noun: A large mould for straining sugar.
▸ noun: A writing paper of a particular size.
▸ noun: (UK, politics, derogatory) A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
▸ adjective: Of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
▸ adjective: Of or like a bastard (bad person).
▸ adjective: Of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
▸ adjective: Of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc).
▸ adjective: Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
▸ adjective: (of a language) Imperfect; not spoken or written well or in the classical style; broken.
▸ adjective: Used in the vernacular name of a species to indicate that it is similar in some way to another species, often (but not always) one of another genus.
▸ adjective: (UK, Ireland, vulgar) Very unpleasant.
▸ adjective: (printing) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
▸ adjective: (theater lighting) Consisting of one predominant color blended with small amounts of complementary color; used to replicate natural light because of their warmer appearance.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To bastardize.
▸ noun: A surname from Old French.
▸ Also see bastard
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