~ BASTARD  start> see> BARN 
           id+ | CONCEIVED IN A BARN |      sug> STY 
           id+ | may imply IMPERFECT MARRED DEVALUED |
  etymology probably reflecting sexual acts by French Kings and 
  their servants  
  fr FILS DE BAST     = SON OF A MULE DRIVER or 
                        AMOROUS AFFAIR IN A BARN  
             BATARD     SON OF A CONCUBINE BY A NOBLE 
             BAT HORSE  ONE THAT CARRIES SUPPLIES and a 
                        PACKSADDLE USED AS A PILLOW 
  old eng    BATMAN     MAN SERVANT OF A CAVALRY OFFICER 
  hx>                   BASTARDS of an OFFICER also called 
           FITZROY      SON OF THE KING oR his servants 
  eng        BASTARD    CONCEIVED IN A BARN 
  lat        BASTARDUS  late Latinized term 
  ger        BANSTI     GRANARY or            sug> STABLE 
                        BARN                  sug> STALL      
  sug> PATTERN PATERNITY PATRIMONY PATRIOT      see> PATTERN    
       in modern times the implication is       sug> MARRED 
  INFERIOR  LOWER  SPURIOUS ILLEGITIMATE        sug> ADULTERATED
  note implications                             sug> ADULTERY 
  A PERSON WHOSE PARENTS WERE NOT MARRIED or    sug> EXPLICATE
  THOSE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK were ILLEGITIMATE   sug> LIGATE 
  IMPLYING NO ACCESS TO PATERNAL PATRIMONY      sug> LEGACY 
  med> IN MOST MDDERN SOCIAL GROUPS             sug> LEGITIMATE
       NON PATERNITY RATES EXCEED 10%           sug> PATRIMONY
  contrariwise MATERNITY IS RARELY CONFUSED     sug> MATRIX
  MATERNAL INHERITANCE IS TESTABLE BY ANALYSIS  sug> MATTER
  OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA WHICH IS                 sug> MATERNITY
  ENTIRELY MATERNAL IN ORIGIN                   sug> MATTER
  hx> MOST CURRENT GENEALOGISTS TRACE
      LINKAGES BY PATERNITY AND NOT BY MATERNITY 
  NONPATERNITY IS SO COMMON THAT WITHIN SEVERAL GENERATIONS 
  THAT THOSE CLAIMING TO BE DESCENTANDS OF A FAMOUS MALE 
  ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPONENTS OF "BASTARDY" 
  lit+ " QUE GENUS JACTAT SUUM ALIENA LAUDAT "           
         HE WHO BOASTS OF HIS DESCENT
         PRAISES THE DEEDS OF ANOTHER attr to SENECA [#]
  lit+ " I DO NOT KNOW WHO MY GRANDFATHER WAS
         I AM MUCH MORE CONCERNED TO KNOW        
         WHAT HIS GRANDSON WILL BE "  
  attr to Abraham LINCOLN [#]
  lit+ in 1847 Benjamin FRANKLIN [#] created
        the famous female character of " POLLY BAKER " [73]
  SHE WAS PROSECUTED FOR GIVING BIRTH TO
  FIVE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN
  POLLY BAKER IS SHOWN AS GIVING
  A FAMOUS SPEECH CONSIDERED SCANDALOUS
  FRANKLIN ADMITTED WRITING IT BUT ONLY AFTER HE REACHED
  OLD AGE AND GREAT FAME  THE SPEECH BY POLLY BAKER MOVED
  HER JUDGES   ONE JUDGE MARRIED HER AND SHE GAVE HIM
  15 MORE CHILDREN
  HER STATEMENTS ARE COGENT AND STAND IN CONTRAST
  TO CURRENT PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE        
  " ... I HAVE BROUGHT FIVE FINE CHILDREN ...      sug> LUCINA
  AT THE RISK OF MY LIFE                           sug> DACTYL
  I HAVE MAINTAINED THEM WELL BY MY OWN INDUSTRY   sug> LABORATORY
  WITHOUT BURDENING THE TOWNSHIP ...               sug> MUNICIPAL
  HAVE DEBAUCHED NO OTHER WOMAN'S HUSBAND          sug> BACHUS
  NOR ENTICED ANY OTHER YOUTH ...                  sug> SEDUCE
  I MUST BE STUPEFIED TO THE LAST DEGREE           sug> STUPOR
  NOT TO PREFER THE HONORABLE STATE OF WEDLOCK     sug> WEDNESDAY
  TO THE CONDITION I HAVE LIVED IN ...             sug> SPOUSE
  HAVING ALL THE INDUSTRY  FRUGALITY               sug> PARCA PARCEL
  FERTILITY AND SKILL IN ECONOMY                   sug> PROLETARIAT
  APPERTAINING TO A GOOD WIFE'S CHARACTER ...      sug> WHIP
  WHEN I WAS A VIRGIN                              sug> PURE
  BUT TOO EASILY CONFIDING ...                     sug> DIVULGE
  I LOST MY HONOR BY TRUSTING TO HIS               sug> CREDULITY
  FOR HE GOT ME WITH CHILD                         sug> EMBARRASSED
  AND THEN FORSOOK ME ...                          sug> DESERT
  THAT VERY PERSON ... IS NOW BECOME               sug> CYNIC
  A MAGISTRATE OF THIS COUNTRY ...                 sug> HYPOCRITE
  IF MINE IS A RELIGIOUS OFFENSE                   sug> CIVIL
  LEAVE IT TO RELIGIOUS PUNISHMENTS ..."           sug> DOGMA
  note MODERN BASTARDS ARE INCREASINGLY            sug> MODE MORAL
       " CHILDREN OF CHILDREN " and                sug> JUVENILE
  relatedly "FATHERLESS"                           sug> ORPHAN
  INCREASINGLY VERY YOUNG GIRLS BECOME MOTHERS     sug> BREED
  OFTEN INCAPABLE OF SELF CARE THUS                sug> NEGLECT
  ALSO OF PROVIDING MOTHERING                      sug> PARENT
  THEREFORE "CHILDREN OF CHILDREN" OFTEN           sug> ADULT
  ENDURE A DOUBLE DISASTER                         sug> CALAMITY
  ORPHANHOOD AND BEING BASTARDS                    sug> FAKE 

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