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Noun: bar sinister
  1. The status of being born to parents who were not married
    - bastardy [archaic], illegitimacy
     
  2. A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
    - bend sinister

Derived forms: bars sinister

Type of: brand, mark, ordinary, position, stain, status, stigma

Encyclopedia: Bar sinister