mamzer

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19
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21
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6

Definition of mamzer

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Judaism)A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person.
    “No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.”
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noun

  1. (Judaism)A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person.
    “No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later.”
  2. (derogatory)A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.
  3. (derogatory, slang)A contemptible person; a jerk.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”).

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