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bastard
noun
a
person
born
to
parents
who
were
not
married
to
each
other
,
especially
in
former
times
when
this
carried
social
stigma
•
In
the
medieval
drama
,
the
king
refuses
to
acknowledge
his
bastard
despite
the
boy
’
s
obvious
resemblance
.
In
the
medieval
drama
,
the
king
refuses
to
acknowledge
his
bastard
despite
the
boy
’
s
obvious
resemblance
.
•
Historical
records
often
labeled
children
born
outside
wedlock
simply
as
bastards
.
Historical
records
often
labeled
children
born
outside
wedlock
simply
as
bastards
.
The
sense
arose
in
Middle
English
law
to
label
children
born
out
of
wedlock
.
