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mamzer

American

[mom-zer] / ˈmɒm zər /

Or momser,

noun

bastard; illegitimate child.
Slang. rascal.
a child born of a marriage forbidden in Judaism.

mamzer British

/ ˈmɑmzə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of mamzer

1555–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew mamzēr

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