bastard title

1. 1.

   a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book

   Synonymshalf title

   Broaderpage

Questions about bastard title

What does bastard title mean?

bastard title means "a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book".

What is another word for bastard title?

Close synonyms include half title. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bastard title a common word?

bastard title is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.