Word Meaning

bastard definition and meaning

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