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Mamzer

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. Judaism

    "No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later."

  2. 2
    A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard. derogatory
  3. 3
    A contemptible person; a jerk. derogatory, slang

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”).

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