bastard Definition

bastard
noun

1. often offensive
A child born of parents not married to each other.
Thesaurus: love child, natural child.
2a. coarse, slang
A term of abuse or sympathy for a man;
Example: What a rotten bastard!
Example: poor bastard!
Thesaurus: rascal, scoundrel, cheat, (slang) son of a bitch, SOB US).
2b. coarse, slang
A man generally; a chap.
Example: lucky bastard
3. coarse, slang
Something annoying or difficult.
Example: This wallpaper is a bastard to hang

adj

1. Said of a person: born to parents not married to each other; illegitimate.

Example: bastard son
2. Not genuine, standard, original or pure.

Example: bastard copy

Derivative: bastardy
noun

The state of being a bastard.

Etymology: 13c: French; the term may have meant ‘someone conceived on a pack-saddle' (French bast), since these were used as makeshift beds.