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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer¹

1555–65; < Yiddish < Hebrew mamzēr

Word History and Origins

Origin of mamzer¹

from Hebrew

Example Sentences

Thus it was found out that the boy was a Mamzer and a Ben Haniddah; upon which the sages exclaimed, "Great is Rabbi Akiva, for he has overcome his masters;" and as they congratulated him they said, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath revealed His secret unto Akiva the son of Joseph."

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Ah, my sons," said Hereward, laughing sadly, "do you suppose that the Mamzer spends his time—and Englishmen's life and labor—in heaping up those great stone mountains, that you and I may walk past them?

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

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And have her I will, unless the Mamzer, in his present merciful and politic mood, makes a Countess of her, and marries her up to some Norman coxcomb with a long pedigree,—invented the year before last.

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