Bastard
Encyclopedia
Bastard may refer to:
- A child whose birth lacks legal legitimacyLegitimacy (law)At common law, legitimacy is the status of a child who is born to parents who are legally married to one another; and of a child who is born shortly after the parents' divorce. In canon and in civil law, the offspring of putative marriages have been considered legitimate children...
—that is, one born to a woman and a man who are not legally married - Bastard (Law of England and Wales)Bastard (Law of England and Wales)A bastard in the law of England and Wales is a person whose parents, at the time of his/her birth, were not married to each other....
, illegitimacy in English law - Bastard (typeface)Bastard (typeface)Bastard is a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook in 1990. The name derives from a typographic classification known as Bastarda. The Bastard face is an exploration of the blackletter face with a simple kit of parts...
, a blackletter typeface - Bastard (color)Bastard (color)In theatre lighting, a bastard color refers to a color, typically in a color gel, wherein the predominant color is blended with small amounts of complementary colors; for example, a "bastard orange" gel would produce predominantly orange light with undertones of blue. Bastard colors appear warmer,...
, a type of color gel - Bastard Township, Ontario, Canada
- BastardaBastardaBastarda was a Gothic script used in France and Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries. These scripts were designed to provide a simplified letter that was appropriate for the copying of books or documents of minor value or importance.The early printers produced regional versions in type...
or Bastard, a Gothic script - Bastard, a classification of the teeth of a metalworking file
- Bastard, historically, a second-rate wine, distinguished from sack
- Bastard sword, a type of longswordLongswordThe longsword is a type of European sword designed for two-handed use, current during the late medieval and Renaissance periods, approximately 1350 to 1550 .Longswords have long cruciform hilts with grips over 10 to 15 cm length The longsword (of which stems the variation called the bastard...
Film
- Bastard (film)Bastard (film)Bastard, also known as , is a Norwegian-Swedish film released in 1940. It stars Georg Løkkeberg and was directed by Helge Lunde and Gösta Stevens; the story is based on the story "Basterd" by F.W. Remmler....
, a 1940 Swedish-Norwegian film - The Bastard (film)The Bastard (film)is a 1963 Japanese youth film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu Corporation. It is based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard...
, a 1963 Japanese youth film - Bastard‼: Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy, a manga and anime series
Literature
- The Bastard (novel)The Bastard (novel)The Bastard is a historical novel written by John Jakes and originally published in 1974. It is book one in a series known as The Kent Family Chronicles or the American Bicentennial Series...
, a novel by John Jakes - Bastard‼, a manga by Kazushi Hagiwara
- "Bastard", a short story by Erskine CaldwellErskine CaldwellErskine Preston Caldwell was an American author. His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native South like the novels Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre won him critical acclaim, but they also made him controversial among fellow Southerners of the time who felt he was...
Music
- Bastard (album)Bastard (album)- Samples :* "Odd Toddlers" contains a sample from "Huit Octobre 1971" By Cortex* "Jack and the Beanstalk" contains a sample from "What More Can I Say" by Jay-Z...
, an album by Tyler, The Creator- "Bastard" (Tyler, The Creator song)Bastard (Tyler, the Creator song)"Bastard" is the title track and opening track from Odd Future leader Tyler, The Creator's self-released debut album. The song was written, performed and produced all by Tyler....
, the title track
- "Bastard" (Tyler, The Creator song)
- BästardBastardBastard may refer to:* A child whose birth lacks legal legitimacy—that is, one born to a woman and a man who are not legally married* Bastard , illegitimacy in English law* Bastard , a blackletter typeface...
, an album by Yann TiersenYann TiersenYann Tiersen is a musician from France. His musical career is split between studio albums, collaborations and film soundtracks with a distinctive sound that is always involved...
and Bästard - Bastard, an album by Subway to SallySubway to SallySubway to Sally was founded in Potsdam, Germany, in the early 1990s. It is a rock band with clear folk and medieval influences, later also with gothic and metal elements added to the mix...
- "Bastard" (song), a song by Mötley Crüe
- "Bastard", a song by Ben Folds from Songs for SilvermanSongs for SilvermanSongs for Silverman is an album by Ben Folds, first released on April 26, 2005, by Epic Records in the United States. The album reached #13 on the Billboard 200, making it Folds' highest-charting album until the release of Way to Normal in September 2008.The album is named after Ben Goldman, Folds'...
- "Bastard", a song by Ian Hunter from You're Never Alone with a SchizophrenicYou're Never Alone with a SchizophrenicYou're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic is the fourth solo album by Ian Hunter. The album features members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as the backing band. It is considered by many to be Hunter's best recording....
- "Bastard", a song by Oomph! from UnreinUnreinUnrein is the fifth studio album by the German band Oomph!. It's the first album released on Virgin Schallplatten.-Track listing:# Mutters Schoß # Unsere Rettung...
Fictional characters
- Fat Bastard (character)Fat Bastard (character)Fat Bastard is a fictional character in the second and third of the Austin Powers films. A morbidly obese henchman hailing from North Britain, Fat Bastard serves Dr. Evil in his quest to defeat Austin Powers. The character is portrayed by Mike Myers....
, a fictional character from the Austin Powers films - Spoilt Bastard, a fictional comic character from the magazine Viz
- Ywain the BastardYwain the BastardYwain the Bastard, also called Ywain the Adventurous, is a son of King Urien of Gore and is a Knight of the Round Table in later Arthurian legend. He is often confused with his half brother Sir Ywain, after whom he was named. While the older Ywain is the child of Urien and his wife Morgan le Fay,...
, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend - Action Bastard, a fictional superhero in the anime series Crayon Shin-chan
- Alan and Sara B'Stard, fictional characters in the BBC TV sitcom The New StatesmanThe New StatesmanThe New Statesman is an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time...
- Harry the Bastard, a fictional character from the television series The Young Ones
- Yellow Bastard, Roark Junior, a fictional character from the comics series Sin City
As an epithet
- Antoine, bastard of BurgundyAntoine, bastard of BurgundyAnthony , known to his contemporaries as "the bastard of Burgundy" or "the Grand Bastard - le grand bâtard" - was the natural son of Philip III, Duke of Burgundy, and one of his mistresses, Jeanne de Presle.-Life:...
(1421-1504), half-brother of Charles the Bold - Geoffrey, the Bastard, Geoffrey, Archbishop of York (c1152–1212), illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England
- Bastard of Arran, Sir James Hamilton of Finnart (1495-1540), Scottish nobleman and architect
- Bastard of FauconbergBastard of FauconbergThomas Neville or Thomas, Viscount Fauconberg was a Lancastrian leader in the Wars of the Roses.The illegitimate son of Sir William Neville of Fauconberg, Earl of Kent, Thomas Neville was more often referred to as The Bastard of Fauconberg , Lord Fauconberg or just Thomas the Bastard...
, Thomas Neville (?-1471), a Lancastrian leader in the War of the Roses - Bastard of Orleans, Jean de Dunois (1402-1468), the illegitimate son of Louis d'Orléans
- William the Bastard, William I of England (1028–1087), William the Conqueror
As a pseudonym
- Ol' Dirty BastardOl' Dirty BastardRussell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and occasional producer, who went by the stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard or simply ODB...
, American rapper - MC Basstard, German rapper who recorded the album Dogma (Gegen die Zeit)Dogma (Gegen die Zeit)Dogma is an album by German rappers Taktloss and MC Basstard. It released over Taktloss' label Fick die Biaaatch Rekordz.-The origin:...
with the rapper Taktloss - Little Bastard, a ring name of professional wrestler Dylan Postl
People with the family name
- Bastard brothersBastard brothersJohn and William Bastard were British surveyor-architects, and civic dignitaries of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset. John and William generally worked together and are known as the "Bastard brothers"...
John (c. 1668–1770) and William (c. 1689–1766), British surveyor-architects and civic dignitaries - Benjamin BastardBenjamin BastardBenjamin Bastard was a British architect during the first half of the 18th century working in the Dorset area of England. A member of a notable family of west country architect-surveyors and masons, he was related to the Bastard brothers who rebuilt Blandford Forum following its great fire of...
(died 1772), British architect - E. W. BastardE. W. BastardEdward William Bastard was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and Somerset. Bastard was a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, described in his Wisden obituary as Somerset's best bowler during his time with the club...
(1862–1901), Oxford University and Somerset cricketer - Edmund Pollexfen BastardEdmund Pollexfen BastardEdmund Pollexfen Bastard was a British Tory politician, son of Edmund Bastard and his wife Jane Pownoll. He married Anne Jane Rodney, granddaughter of Admiral Rodney....
(1784–1838), British Tory politician - Gerald BastardGérald BastardGérald Bastard is an highly-cited French physicist known for his work on semiconductor heterostructures. , he is a research director at the Department of Physics of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris....
(born 1950), French physicist - John Bastard (cricketer) (1817–1848), Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketer
- John Bastard (Royal Navy officer)John Bastard (Royal Navy officer)John Bastard was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812, rising to the rank of post-captain...
(c.1787-1835), Royal Navy officer and politician - John Pollexfen BastardJohn Pollexfen BastardJohn Pollexfen Bastard was a British Tory politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devonshire Militia who lived at Kitley House, Yealmpton, Devon.He married Sarah Bruton about 1780 who died in April 1808...
(1756–1816), British Tory politician - Segar BastardSegar BastardSegar Richard Bastard was an English amateur football player and referee.Born in Bow, London, Bastard played for the now-defunct Upton Park football club, between 1873 and 1887; he also played for Trojans and Leyton and occasionally guested for the Corinthians...
(1854-1921), English international footballer and referee - Thomas BastardThomas BastardThe Reverend Thomas Bastard was an English clergyman famed for his published English language epigrams.-Life:Born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, England, Bastard is best known for seven books of 285 epigrams entitled Chrestoleros published in 1598.He initially attended Winchester College...
(1565/6-1618), English epigrammatist - Pownoll Bastard Pellew, 2nd Viscount Exmouth (1786-1833), English peer and sailor
See also
- Bastard studiesBastard studiesDuring both the Second Reich and the Third Reich,"bastard" studies were carried out...
, race mixing, especially in Germany - Bastards (disambiguation)
- Bastardo (disambiguation)
- Bastardisation (disambiguation)
- BasterBasterThe Basters are the descendants of Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous African women. They largely live in Namibia and are similar to Coloured or Griqua people in South Africa....
(from the Dutch word for bastard), a descendant of liaisons between the Cape Colony Dutch and indigenous Africans - Bastardista, album of Brazilian singer Célia MaraCelia MaraCélia Mara is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer who has lived since the 1990s in Vienna, Austria and since 2003 also partly in Salvador, Bahia.-Style:...
- "BâtardBâtardBâtard is a short story by Jack London, first published in 1902 under the title "Diable — A Dog" in The Cosmopolitan before being renamed to "Bâtard" in 1904. The story follows Black Leclère and Bâtard, two "devils", one in man and the other in a wolfdog...
", a short story by Jack London - Inglourious Basterds a war epic/spaghetti-western by Quentin Tarantino