bend sinister

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   a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

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Questions about bend sinister

What does bend sinister mean?

bend sinister means "a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left".

What is another word for bend sinister?

Close synonyms include bar sinister. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bend sinister a common word?

bend sinister is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.