The literal meaning of the word bastard is the circumstance of being born of parents who are not married to one another (see illegitimacy). The word is also used as a generic derogatory term for a person who is rather obnoxious or unpleasant (aka mean).

General

• Arrogant Bastard Ale, an American strong ale from the Stone Brewing Company
• "Bastard" is a level of coarseness of a file, a metal working tool
• Bastard , a person whose parents, at the time of their birth, were not married to each other
• Bastard , a blackletter typeface designed by Jonathan Barnbrook
• Bastard Balm (Melittis melissophyllum), a perennial plant in the Lamiaceae family
• Bastard Big-Footed Mouse, a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family
• Bastard cabbage1451540, an alternate name for the Andira inermis
• Bastard cobas, an alternate name for the Cyphostemma juttae plant
• Bastard feudalism, a term that has been used to describe feudalism in the Late Middle Ages
• Bastard halibut, an alternate name for the Olive flounder
• Bastard Nation, a North American adoptee rights organization
• Bastard Pellitory, an alternate name for the Achillea ptarmica plant
• Bastard sturgeon, a species of fish in the Acipenseridae family
• Bastard Teak, an alternate name for the Butea monosperma plant
• Bastard Township, Ontario, a township in Canada
• Bastard trumpeter, a fish found in the eastern Indian Ocean
• bastard verdict, a colloquial term for the verdict "not proven" in Scottish courts
• Bastarda, a Gothic script used in France and Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries
• Bastard-sword, the late medieval longsword
• FAT bastard, a French wine
• Little Bastard, the nickname of the Porsche 550 Spyder that James Dean died in
• Northern bastard codling, a morid cod
• Rhineland Bastard, a derogatory term used in Nazi Germany to describe children of mixed German and African parentage
• Southern bastard codling (bearded red cod), a morid cod
• Yellow rat bastard, a single location retail clothing store located in New York City

People

• Antoine, bastard of Burgundy (1421-1504), half-brother of Charles the Bold
• Bastard brothers John (ca 1668?1770) and William (ca 1689?1766), British surveyor-architects, and civic dignitaries
• Benjamin Bastard (d. 1772), a British architect during the first half of the 18th century
• E. W. Bastard (1862?1901), Oxford University and Somerset cricketer
• Edmund Pollexfen Bastard (1784?1838), a British Tory politician
• Geoffrey, the Bastard (Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, c. 1152 ? 12 December 1212), an illegitimate son of Henry II, King of England
• John Bastard (1817?1848), Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketer
• John Pollexfen Bastard (1756?1816), a British Tory politician
• "Li'l Bastard" (b. 1951), a pseudonym used by John Mellencamp in the production credits for his albums released in the early-mid 1980s
• "Little Bastard" (b. 1986), the stage name for midget wrestler Dylan Postl
• Ol' Dirty Bastard (1968?2004), hip-hop artist
• Rat Bastard (b. 1958), the stage name of Frank Falestra a transgressive guitarist, bassist and audio engineer
• Segar Bastard (1854-1921), England international footballer and referee
• Thomas Bastard (1565/6-1618), English epigrammatist
• Thomas The Bastard of Fauconberg (?-1471), the common name of Thomas Neville, a Lancastrian leader in the War of the Roses
• William the Bastard (William I of England 1028?1087), also known as William the Conqueror
• Ywain the Bastard, a son of King Urien of Gore and a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend

In the arts

• ¡Bastardos!, the eighth studio album by rock band Blues Traveler
• Bastard, a short story and the first published, literary work of Erskine Caldwell
• Bastard , the 1999 album by electronica group Blind Passengers
• Bastard , Japanese hardcore punk band
• Bastard , a Swedish-Norwegian film directed by Helge Lunde and Gösta Stevens
• Bastard , by Mötley Crüe
• Bastard Boys, an Australian television miniseries
• Bastard Noise, a noise music band, originally a side project of Man Is The Bastard
• Bastard Operator From Hell, a fictional character in Simon Travaglia's books
• Bastard Out of Carolina , the first novel published by author Dorothy Allison
• Bastard Out of Carolina , a 1996 film based on the novel
• Bastard Pop, another name for the musical musical genre known as Mashup
• Bastard Swordsman, a Shaw Brothers film directed by Chang Cheh, starring Norman Chu
• Bastard!!, a manga and anime series, and Super Famicom game
• Beauty and the Bastard, a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film
• "Burn the Bastards", a 1988 song by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty
• Fat Bastard , a character from the Austin Powers movies
• Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard, a fictional robot supervillain in the DC Universe
• Grand Bastard Deluxe or GBD, a band from Lausanne, Switzerland
• Grind Bastard, an album by the band Benediction
• Harry The Bastard, a character from the The Young Ones TV Show
• How to be a Complete Bastard, a 1986 book by Adrian Edmondson, Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine
• Inglorious Bastards, an upcoming war film to be written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
• Lucky Bastards, a 2003 album by Peter Pan Speedrock
• Lying Bastard, the name of a fictional spacecraft in the novel Ringworld
• Man Is the Bastard, a hardcore punk band from Claremont, California
• Rape of the Bastard Nazarene, the first album by British band Akercocke
• Rat Bastard Protective Association, an underground, arts organization from the United States
• Salaam Alekum, Bastard, an album by Muslimgauze
• Spoilt Bastard, a comic character from the magazine Viz
• Stupid Evil Bastard, a personal blog of Lesley ('Les') Jenkins
• Svolochi (in English, Bastards), a 2006 movie
• That Yellow Bastard, a character from the Sin City graphic novel series
• The Bastard , a novel by John Jakes
• The Bastard , a 1978 TV movie from the "Kent Chronicles".
• The Bastard Fairies, an American musical group from Los Angeles, California
• The Bastard Prince, a fantasy novel by American-born author Katherine Kurtz
• Those Bastard Souls, an independent rock band formed in 1995
• Time is Money , the fifth release by the New York band Swans
• "What You Do ", New Zealand band Stellar*'s second single
• Who's the Real Bastard, a six-track mini-album by the band Bombshell Rocks
• Bastards, a 1991 album by the British metal band Cerebral Fix
• Bastards, a 1993 Motörhead album.
• Bastards, a 1999 album by the American band Saigon Kick
• Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, a side project of Rancid guitarist Lars Frederiksen

See also

• Bastard rattlesnake
• Bastards
• Bastardisation