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Definition of Bar sinister
1. Noun. The status of being born to parents who were not married.
2. Noun. A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bar Sinister
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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