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BASTARDY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bastardy mean?
• BASTARDY (noun)
The noun BASTARDY has 1 sense:
1. the status of being born to parents who were not married
Familiarity information: BASTARDY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The status of being born to parents who were not married
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
bar sinister; bastardy; illegitimacy
Hypernyms ("bastardy" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
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