Definition of Bar sinister

1. Noun. The status of being born to parents who were not married.

Exact synonyms: Bastardy, Illegitimacy
Generic synonyms: Position, Status

2. Noun. A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left.
Exact synonyms: Bend Sinister
Generic synonyms: Ordinary, Brand, Mark, Stain, Stigma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bar Sinister

bar lines
bar magnet
bar magnets
bar mask
bar mitzvah
bar none
bar of bladder
bar off
bar out
bar printer
bar review
bar reviews
bar room
bar rooms
bar screen
bar sinister (current term)
bar soap
bar spin
bar star
bar stars
bar stock
bar stool
bar stools
bar up
baracan
baracans
baraghtan
baragnosis
barakah
baralyme

Literary usage of Bar sinister

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"BARMY. bar sinister In 1903 the prolific writer Richard Harding Davis published a novel titled The bar sinister. Its publication created a bit of ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"There is no such thing as a bar sinister, any more than there is a left-hand chin. ... bar sinister would imply that a horizontal line is necessarily drawn ..."

3. A Diplomatist's Wife in Many Lands by Hugh Fraser (1910)
"CHAPTER XIV AN OLD-FASHIONED ENGLISH EDUCATION Bonchurch — The Three Aunts —"Cranford" and a bar sinister—Early Victorian Principles — The ..."

4. Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila, & Zaragoza: An Historical by Albert Frederick Calvert (1908)
"... bear escutcheons crossed by the bar sinister, are the ashes of another Gonzalo Bernaldo, a distinguished illegitimate scion of the house. ..."

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