Bastard

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See also: bastard

English

Proper noun

Bastard (plural Bastards)

  1. A surname from Old French

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bastart, basthart (“illegitimate child of a nobleman”), from Old French bastart, probably from Frankish, but the precise derivation is uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbastart/, [ˈbastaʁt], [-taɐ̯t], [-ta(ː)t]
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Noun

Bastard m (genitive Bastards or Bastardes, plural Bastarde, feminine Bastardin)

  1. (derogatory) bastard (person born to unmarried parents; male or unspecified sex)
    Synonyms: Bankert, Hurenkind, Kebskind
  2. (usually derogatory) bastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)
    Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling
  3. (biology, zoology, botany) crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified sex)
    Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling, Kreuzung, Hybride, Hybrid

Usage notes

  • The German word is also used an insult, but not as frequently as in English. The connection with “ignoble extraction” is still clearly felt (which is not always the case in English).

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

Further reading

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