mamzer

or mom·ser, mom·zer

[ mom-zer ]

noun

bastard; illegitimate child.
Slang. rascal.

a child born of a marriage forbidden in Judaism.

Origin of mamzer

1555–65; <Yiddish <Hebrew mamzēr

Words Nearby mamzer

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How to use mamzer in a sentence

By contrast, Anglophones have been using words like schmuck, putz, mamzer, and gonif for only a century or so.
Mazel Tov, Arvind! But Are You Sure It’s Not Kneydl? | Daniel Gross | May 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
He is wise enough, the mamzer, and so is his father Belial, to whom he will go home some day.
Hereward, The Last of the English | Charles Kingsley

British Dictionary definitions for mamzer

mamzer

/ (ˈmɑmzə) /

noun

a Yiddish slang word for bastard
Judaism a child of an incestuous or adulterous union

Origin of mamzer

from Hebrew

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