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Meaning of 'bastard' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bastard [ a.]
- Begotten and born out of lawful matrimony; illegitimate. See Bastard, n., note.
2 . Bastard [ n.]
- A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
- An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from the sirups that / already had several boilings.
- A large size of mold, in which sugar is drained.
- A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.
- A writing paper of a particular size. See Paper.
- Lacking in genuineness; spurious; false; adulterate; -- applied to things which resemble those which are genuine, but are really not so.
- Of an unusual make or proportion; as, a bastard musket; a bastard culverin.
- Abbreviated, as the half title in a page preceding the full title page of a book.
3 . Bastard [ v. t.]
- To bastardize.

Meaning of 'bastard' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . bastard [ n]
Meaning (1):
- derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin
Example in sentence:
  • the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic

Nearby Words:

bas-relief basal basal-nerved basalt basaltic basaltiform basaltoid basan basanite basbleu

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