mamzer

or mom·ser, mom·zer

[ mom-zer ]

noun
  1. bastard; illegitimate child.

  2. Slang. rascal.

  1. a child born of a marriage forbidden in Judaism.

Origin of mamzer

1
1555–65; <Yiddish <Hebrew mamzēr

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mamzer

/ (ˈmɑmzə) /


noun
  1. a Yiddish slang word for bastard

  2. Judaism a child of an incestuous or adulterous union

Origin of mamzer

1
from Hebrew

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