mamzer
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mamzer
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Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”).
noun mamzers · mamzerim · mamser · momser · momzer
- 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.
- A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.
- A contemptible person; a jerk.
