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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1562-1563
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Mamzer. [Late L., Hebrew word adopted by the Vulgate in Deut. xxiii 2, glossed ‘id est de scorto natus’; also e.m.E. (1612).] A bastard. — 1562-3 Winȝet I. 43/32.
Thair suld nocht be sa mony … scabbit Moabites, Amonites and sclanderous mamzeres … maid preistis
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