n. 25B6; noun
(archaic) he had fathered a bastard : ILLEGITIMATE CHILD, child born out of wedlock; dated love child; Brit. dated by-blow; archaic natural child/son/daughter.
(informal) he's a real bastard. : See scoundrel .
25B6; adjective
(archaic) a bastard child : ILLEGITIMATE, born out of wedlock; archaic natural.
a bastard Darwinism : ADULTERATED, alloyed, impure, inferior; hybrid, mongrel, patchwork.