mamzer or mom·ser, mom·zer [mom-zer] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- bastard; illegitimate child.
- Slang. rascal.
- a child born of a marriage forbidden in Judaism.
Origin of mamzer 1555–65; Yiddish Hebrew mamzēr Examples from the Web for mamzer Contemporary Examples of mamzer
By contrast, Anglophones have been using words like schmuck, putz, mamzer, and gonif for only a century or so.
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Historical Examples of mamzer
He is wise enough, the Mamzer, and so is his father Belial, to whom he will go home some day.
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British Dictionary definitions for mamzer mamzer noun
- a Yiddish slang word for bastard
- Judaism a child of an incestuous or adulterous union
Word Origin for mamzer from Hebrew Word Origin and History for mamzer n.
“bastard,” 1560s, from Late Latin mamzer, from Hebrew mamzer, left untranslated in Deut. xxiii:2 in the Vulgate.