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Word: Bastard
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin bastardus, probably from bastum ‘packsaddle’; compare with Old French fils de bast, ‘packsaddle son’ (i.e. the son of a mule driver who uses a packsaddle for a pillow and is gone by morning)
ˈbɑːstəd
an unpleasant or despicable person
Short Definition:unpleasant person
Examples:- he lied to me, the bastard!
a person born of parents not married to each other.
Short Definition:illegitimate person
Word: Bastard
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈbɑːstəd
(of a thing) no longer in its pure or original form; debased
Short Definition:debased
Examples:- a bastard Darwinism
born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate
Short Definition:illegitimate
Examples:- a bastard child
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