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MAMZER
Etymology
Noun
mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)
A child who is born out of wedlock, from an incestuous or adulterous relationship or from parents of different faiths; a bastard.
A contemptible person; a jerk.
(Judaism) A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is forbidden by Jewish law, such as an unmarried man and a married woman, or whose mother is a mamzer. The term is often mistranslated as bastard.
Source: Wiktionary
Mam"zer, n. Etym: [Heb. mámz.]
Definition: A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard. Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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