bastardessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

bastardess (複数形 bastardesses)

1. A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.
   • 1843, David Aaron De Sola, Morris Jacob Raphall, Eighteen Treatises from the Mishna, page 217:

     […] when a bastard marries a bastardess, and he has a legitimate Israelite brother :–all these marriages are indeed legal […]

2. (vulgar, offensive or derogatory, referring specifically to a woman) A contemptible, inconsiderate, overly or arrogantly rude or spiteful woman.
   • 2019, Christina Bauer, My Necromancer Romance, page 371:

     A bastardess like me would never be allowed past the door.

使用する際の注意点

• Bastard may also be used to refer to a female bastard.