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Webster 1913 Edition


Mamzer


Mam′zer

,
Noun.
[Heb.
mámzēr
.]
A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.
Deut. xxiii. 2 (Douay version).

Definition 2024


mamzer

mamzer

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Noun

mamzer (plural mamzers or mamzerim)

  1. a child who is born out of wedlock, from an incestuous or adulterous relationship or from parents of different faiths; a bastard
  2. a contemptible person, a jerk