mamzer

• mamser, momser, momzer

Hebrew ממזר (mamzér, “bastard”)

mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)

1. (Judaism) 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.
   • 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1122:

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

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

• mamzeer (rare)

Borrowed from Yiddish ממזר (mamzer), from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑm.zər/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧zer

mamzer m (plural mamzers or mamzeirem)

1. (Judaism) mamzer, bastard (child born from a disallowed relationship)