bar sinister
Heraldry. (not in technical use) a bend sinister or a baton.
the proof, condition, or stigma of illegitimate birth.
Origin of bar sinister
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How to use bar sinister in a sentence
The bar sinister was on his shield; his credentials were the advice of an unreal person to fight in common with the whites.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic RemingtonBrindle is so pedigreed I don't believe he would thank you for the bar sinister you put on him.
Back at School with the Tucker Twins | Nell SpeedThe bar sinister stayed him from Broadweald, so the judges had said, and haughty Fitzooth had perforce to bear with their finding.
Robin Hood | Paul CreswickThe forgotten deeds of desperate valor—all useless now, and stained forever with the bar sinister of his treason.
A Fascinating Traitor | Richard Henry SavageIt is utterly impossible to draw a bar sinister—such a thing does not exist.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
British Dictionary definitions for bar sinister
(not in heraldic usage) another name for bend sinister
the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
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