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mamzer.

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.

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Meaning & usage

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.

    Judaism
  2. A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard.

    derogatory
  3. A contemptible person; a jerk.

    derogatory · slang
Where this word comes from

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

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