A Quick and Simple Dictionary

bastard

1. Noun.  A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
2. Noun.  A mongrel. A biological cross between different breeds, groups or varieties.
3. Noun.  (vulgar, referring to a man) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful person. See asshole, sod.
4. Noun.  (context, often) A man, a fellow, a male friend.
5. Noun.  (informal) A child that does not know his or her father.
6. Noun.  (informal) Something extremely difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
7. Noun.  A variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin, fake or counterfeit.
8. Noun.  An intermediate-grade steel file; also : bastard file.
9. Noun.  A long, straight, narrow sword, with an undecorated hilt; a longsword.
10. Noun.  A type of simplified Gothic script used primarily in continental Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
11. Noun.  A sweet wine.
12. Adjective.  of or like a bastard (illegitimate human descendant).
13. Adjective.  of or like a bastard (bad person).
14. Adjective.  of or like a mongrel, bastardized creature/cross.
15. Adjective.  of abnormal, irregular or otherwise inferior qualities (size, shape etc.).
16. Adjective.  spurious, lacking genuinity of authenticity: counterfeit, fake.
17. Interjection.  (rare, vulgar) Exclamation of strong dismay or strong sense of being upset.