Bastardy Synonyms

bastərdē
The condition of being of illegitimate birth
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. illegitimacy
  2. bar-sinister

Words Related to Bastardy

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Bastardy Sentence Examples

  • He oIdducai left his domains to a natural relative, Cesare dEste, families, who would in earlier days have inherited without dispute, for bastardy had been no bar on more than one occasion in the Este pedigree.

  • Even adulterine bastardy was no bar to a man becoming chief of his tribe, as in the case of Hugh O'Neill, earl of Tyrone.

  • Undoubtedly this half-poetic style (animated as it is and redeemed from any charge of bastardy by the freshness and vigour which pervade it) adds not a little to the charm of the book.

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