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• WordNet 3.6
  • adj bastard fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  • n bastard 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"
  • n bastard insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
  • n bastard the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
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• • Bastard (Sugar Refining) A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
  • Bastard A sweet Spanish wine like muscatel in flavor. "Brown bastard is your only drink."
  • Bastard A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
  • Bastard A “natural” child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
  • Bastard (Print) Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
  • Bastard (Sugar Refining) An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that have already had several boilings.
  • Bastard Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard n., note.
  • Bastard 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."
  • Bastard Of an unusual or irregular make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
  • v. t Bastard To bastardize.
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• • n bastard A natural child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate or spurious child. By the civil and canon laws (a rule adopted also in many of the United States), a bastard becomes a legitimate child by the marriage of the parents at any future time. But by the laws of England a child, to be legitimate, must at least be born after the lawful marriage; it does not require that the child shall be begotten in wedlock, but it is indispensable that it should be born after marriage, no matter how short the time, the law presuming it to be the child of the husband. The only legal incapacity of a bastard is that he cannot be heir or next of kin to any one save his own issue. Inheritance from the mother is allowed in some jurisdictions. In England the maintenance of a bastard in the first instance devolves on the mother, while in Scotland it is a joint burden upon both parents. The mother is entitled to the custody of the child in preference to the father. In the United States the father may be compelled to provide support.
  • n bastard In sugar-refining: A large mold into which sugar is drained.
  • n bastard An impure, coarse brown sugar made from the refuse syrup of previous boilings.
  • n bastard An animal of inferior breed; a mongrel.
  • n bastard A kind of woolen cloth, probably of inferior quality, or of unusual width, or both.
  • n bastard A kind of war-vessel used in the middle ages, probably of unusual size.
  • n bastard In the seventeenth century, a small cannon, otherwise known as a bastard culverin (which see, under culverin).
  • n bastard A sweet Spanish wine resembling muscadel; any kind of sweetened wine.
  • n bastard In falconry, a kind of hawk.
  • n bastard A local name of Kemp's gulf-turtle, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys) kempi, of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • bastard Begotten and born out of wedlock; illegitimate: as, a bastard child.
  • bastard Mongrel; hybrid: as, a bastard brood.
  • bastard Unauthorized; unrecognized: as, “bastard officers before God,”
  • bastard Spurious; not genuine; false; supposititious; adulterate: as, “bastard hope,” ; “bastard honours,”
  • bastard Having the appearance of being genuine; resembling in some degree: an epithet applied especially in botany, zoölogy, medicine, etc., to things which resemble, but are not identical with, the things named: as, bastard mahogany, bastard pimpernel, bastard caddis, bastard marble, bastard measles, etc. See phrases below. Also bastardly.
  • bastard Of abnormal or irregular shape or size; of unusual make or proportions: applied to guns, ships, swords: as, bastard culverin, bastard galley, etc. See phrases.
  • bastard A local English name (in Weymouth) of the variegated sole, Solea variegata.
  • bastard To declare to be a bastard; stigmatize as a bastard; bastardize.
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• • n Bastard bas′tard a child born of parents not married
  • adj Bastard born out of wedlock: not genuine: resembling, but not identical with, the species bearing the name: of abnormal shape or size: false
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• Wyndham Lewis

  

  “In the democratic western countries so-called capitalism leads a saturnalia of freedom, like a bastard brother of reform.”
• John Steinbeck

  

  “Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”
• R A Dickson

  

  “Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.”
• John Lennon

  

  “You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.”
• Samuel Beckett

  

  “The bastard! He doesn't exist!”
• Joy Baluch

  

  “Being nice to governments doesn't work, they are such lying bastards.”

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