English Explanatory Dictionary

mamzer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

mamzer mamzers mamzerim mamser momser momzer

Etymology

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

Translations

Bulgarian: копеле Czech: mamzer French: mamzer German: Mamser German: Mamzer Hebrew: מַמְזֵר Hebrew: מַמְזֶרֶת Italian: mamzer Japanese: マムゼール Polish: mamzer Russian: мамзер Yiddish: ממזר Yiddish: ממזרת
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