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noun
The condition of being illegitimate, of being born to an unmarried woman and man or as the fruit of adultery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the status of being born to parents who were not married
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: illegitimacy, bar sinister
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: status, position
History
From Middle English bastardie (also as bastardrie), a borrowing from Middle French bastardie. Equivalent to bastard + -y.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
