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mamzer

or mom·ser, mom·zer

[ mom-zer ]

noun

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


mamzer

/ ˈmɑmzə /

noun

  1. a Yiddish slang word for bastard
  2. Judaism a child of an incestuous or adulterous union
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer1

1555–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew mamzēr
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer1

from Hebrew
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Example Sentences

By contrast, Anglophones have been using words like schmuck, putz, mamzer, and gonif for only a century or so.

He is wise enough, the Mamzer, and so is his father Belial, to whom he will go home some day.

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