Meaning of Bastard | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
   countable, dated, uncountable
2. A surname from Old French.
3. A mongrel (biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties).
   countable, uncountable
4. A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
   countable, derogatory, offensive, uncountable, usually, vulgar
5. A man, a fellow, a male friend.
   countable, endearing, humorous, uncountable
6. A suffering person deemed deserving of compassion.
   countable, uncountable
7. A child who does not know their father.
   countable, informal, uncountable
8. Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
   countable, informal, uncountable
9. A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
   countable, uncountable
10. A bastard file.
    countable, uncountable
11. A kind of sweet wine.
    countable, uncountable
12. A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
    countable, uncountable
13. An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
    countable, uncountable
14. A large mould for straining sugar.
    countable, uncountable
15. A writing paper of a particular size.
    countable, uncountable
16. A Eurosceptic Conservative MP, especially in the government of John Major.
    UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Jarrod: Who are you? Heath: Your father’s bastard son.”

“Some bastard stole my car while I was helping an injured person.”

“You sick bastard!”

“Don't be such a bastard already!”

“I assume that bastard won't be seen again.”

““Oh my God, they killed Kenny!” “You bastards!””

“lucky bastard”

“funny bastard”

“Get over here, you old bastard!”

“Poor bastard, I feel so sorry for him.”

“These poor bastards started out life probably in bad or broken homes.”

“Life can be a real bastard.”

“The architecture was a kind of bastard, suggesting Gothic but not being true Gothic.”

“There were also made good and politic laws that parliament, against usury, which is the bastard use of money...”

“[…] we ſhall haue all the world drinke browne & white baſtard.”

“If you are a politician, you make sure that you know all such references in case an interviewer suddenly asks, 'Are you one of the bastards in Mr Major's cabinet?'”

“While John Major managed to get the Maastricht Treaty through parliament, despite the efforts of the “bastards” in his cabinet, the 2001 Conservative General Election campaign was fought on entirely eurosceptic lines.”

“In the UK, Conservative Maastricht rebels (the 'bastards') almost brought down Conservative Prime Minister John Major's government.”

“One “bastard,” the Minister for Wales, John Redwood (who mounted an unsuccessful campaign to displace the Tory chief, John Major), was removed in a Cabinet reshuffle; but was his young successor William Hague any more reliable?”

“But there is no doubt that the “bastards,” who had tormented so many Tory leaders over the years, had won. The longed-for break with “Europe” had finally come, but at the same price that Americans paid for Trump's takeover of the Republican Party.”

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