Definition of BASTARDY

Examples of bastardy in a Sentence

acutely conscious of his bastardy, he always felt the need to prove himself

Recent Examples on the Web Baseness, bastardy, base They are also reflected in the game’s popularity, especially among those with the most detached view of America: the millions of immigrants who have arrived over baseball’s history. — The Economist, "Baseball and exceptionalism," 8 June 2019 Johanna Luthman, a historian at the University of North Georgia, has worked for years to understand the practice and repercussions of fornication, adultery and bastardy among the early 17th-century English aristocracy. — Richard Davenport-hines, WSJ, "When Adultery Meant Exile," 11 Aug. 2017

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