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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.

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  • noun a child who is born out of wedlock, from an incestuous relationship or from parents of different faiths; a bastard
  • noun a contemptible person, an asshole, a jerk

Etymologies

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Hebrew ממזר (mamzér, "bastard")

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