1. The status of being born to parents who were not married
   - bastardy, 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

• shoulder bag
• shoulder blade
• shoulder board
• shoulder bone
• shoulder flash
• shoulder girdle
• shoulder holster
• shoulder in
• shoulder joint
• shoulder mark
• shoulder pad
• shoulder patch
• shoulder strap
• ling
• ling ko
• Ling-pao
• lingam
• lingberry
• lingcod
• lingenberry
• linger
• linger over
• lingerer
• lingerie
• lingering