Meaning & use
bastard
An offensive term for an unpleasant or contemptible person; archaically, a child born to unmarried parents.
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He called his old boss a bastard after being fired without any warning.
In earlier centuries, a bastard child often had no legal claim to family property.
A note on using this word
The insult sense of bastard is vulgar and offensive; the older legal sense describing illegitimate birth is now considered outdated and disrespectful.
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