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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated, rare) A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant..
[…]when a bastard marries a bastardess, and he has a legitimate Israelite brother :–all these marriages are indeed legal[…]
A bastardess like me would never be allowed past the door.
Use bastardess when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bastardess means (dated, rare) A woman who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…]when a bastard marries a bastardess, and he has a legitimate Israelite brother :–all these marriages are indeed legal[…]
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