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Word: Bastard
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbɑːstəd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an unpleasant or despicable person
Short Definition:unpleasant person
Examples:- he lied to me, the bastard!
Definition:
a person born of parents not married to each other.
Short Definition:illegitimate person
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