Bastard
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- | "Jenny was, however, by the care and goodness of Mr Allworthy, soon removed out of the reach of reproach; when malice being no longer able to vent its rage on her, began to seek another object of its bitterness, and this was no less than Mr Allworthy, himself; for a whisper soon went abroad, that he himself was the father of the [[Child abandonment|foundling]] child."--''[[The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]]'' (1749) by Henry Fielding | + | "He is a beggar, a [[bastard]], a [[foundling]], a fellow in meaner circumstances than one of your lordship's footmen."--''[[The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling]]'' (1749) by Henry Fielding |
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"He is a beggar, a bastard, a foundling, a fellow in meaner circumstances than one of your lordship's footmen."--The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) by Henry Fielding |
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Bastard may refer to:
- Illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents, in traditional Western family law
- Bastard, an archaic term used in English and Welsh bastardy laws, reformed in 1926
Wiktionary
- A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
- A mongrel, biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
- A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person.
- A man, a fellow, a male friend.
- A person deserving of pity.
- A child who does not know their father.
- Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
- A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
- A bastard file.
- A sweet wine.
- A sword that is midway in length between a short-sword and a long sword; also bastard sword.
- An inferior quality of soft brown sugar, obtained from syrups that have been boiled several times.
- A large mould for straining sugar.
- A writing paper of a particular size.
Etymology
From Middle English bastard, bastarde, from Anglo-Norman bastard (“illegitimate child”), from Frankish *bāst (“marriage”) (probably via Medieval Latin bastardus; compare Middle Dutch bast (“lust, heat”)) and derogatory suffix -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix), from Proto-Germanic *banstuz (“bond, tie”) (compare West Frisian boask, boaste (“marriage”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”); or equivalent to bast + -ard. Cognate with French bâtard (“bastard”), West Frisian bastert (“bastard”), Dutch bastaard (“bastard”), German Bastard (“bastard”), Icelandic bastarður (“bastard”). Probably originally referred to a child from a polygynous marriage of heathen Germanic custom — a practice not sanctioned by the Christian churches. Related to boose.
Alternatively, the Old French form may originate from the term fils de bast (“packsaddle son”), meaning a child conceived on an improvised bed (medieval saddles often doubled as beds while traveling).
See also
- La Bâtarde (1964) by Violette Leduc
- Bastard studies, race mixing, especially in Germany
- Bastardisation
- Baster (from the Dutch word for bastard), a descendant of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous Africans
- "Bâtard", a short story by Jack London
- Inglourious Basterds a war epic/spaghetti-western by Quentin Tarantino
- Illegitimacy