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Bar sinister

noun

The status of being born to parents who were not married. Synonyms: bastardy, illegitimacy.

A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left. Synonym: bend sinister.

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"Bar sinister" Quotes from Famous Books

... he recalled his mad fever to win every honor under her glowing eyes. The forgotten deeds of desperate valor—all useless now, and stained forever with the bar sinister of his treason. He shuddered at the unforgotten delights of the hour when they had met in her seraglio bower of shaded luxury, and "the fairest of Laocoons" had answered his passionate whisper, "Stoop down and seem to kiss me ere I die," with the faltered ...

— A Fascinating Traitor • Richard Henry Savage

... I am," protested Shelby, with a chuckle. "But before the engraver begins work on the crumb-scraper and the prize pigs let me suggest that you add a detail which has been overlooked. I mean a bar sinister." ...

— The Henchman • Mark Lee Luther

Words linked to "Bar sinister" : stain, bastardy, position, stigma, mark, ordinary, status, bend sinister, illegitimacy, brand