Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bastardy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bastardy \Bas"tar*dy\, n.
1. The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.
2. The procreation of a bastard child. --Wharton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bastardy
n : the status of being born to parents who were not married
[syn: {illegitimacy}, {bar sinister}]
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