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bastardship

bastardship noun: the state or condition of a bastard; bastardness.

Noun

bastardship (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The state or condition of a bastard; bastardness
    • About 40 years later in a drunken Dell Night moment at the Oak Inn, Tuck let the cat out of the bag, and told Junior of his bastardship, saying, “We really got married in December, not September.2011, The Fabulous Dell Brothers, I’ve Seen Things Go This Bad For Six Months in a Row
  2. (derogatory, humorous, mildly) used as a title or form of address
    • “Happy New Year, your bastardship!”2000, Charles Clark, Finish High School at Home - Page 118

Forms of bastardship

alternative formBastardship

Origin of bastardship

From bastard + -ship.

Questions about bastardship

What does bastardship mean?
Bastardship means the state or condition of a bastard; bastardness.
What part of speech is bastardship?
Bastardship is a noun.

Words near bastardship in the dictionary

  1. Bastardos
  2. bastardous
  3. bastardry
  4. bastards
  5. bastards eigne
  6. bastardship
  7. bastardsword
  8. bastardswords
  9. bastardy
  10. bastardy bond
  11. bastardy bonds

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