English Dictionary

bar sinister

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 婉語 慣用表現 広義

(heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms. / (idiomatic, euphemistic) The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.

日本語の意味

（紋章学）盾に描かれる斜めの帯、すなわち「bend sinister」または「baton sinister」（非標準表現）。 / （婉曲的表現）非嫡出子である状態、つまり非嫡出、庶出を意味する。

The historian noted the faint bar sinister across the shield, suggesting an illegitimate branch of the family.

歴史家は紋章の盾に薄く入った左斜帯に気づき、それが家系の非嫡出の分家を示唆していると述べた。

意味（1）

(heraldry, considered nonstandard) A bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.

A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmoset of a marquis.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, euphemistic) The state or characteristic of having been born out of wedlock; illegitimacy; bastardy.

He was not influenced by sordid considerations. . . . Had she been merely of illegitimate birth, he would have overlooked the bar sinister.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, by extension) A state or characteristic which is dishonorable or shameful; a stigma.

Europe is troubled with sensational rumors as well as our own country. Among the most recent was one prevailing at Paris that Maximilian I, Emperor elect of Mexico, had recognized the independence of the Confederate States. But this rumor was pronounced improbable from the fact that Maximilian had not yet been formally offered the crown by the deputation from Mexico charged with the duty of tendering it. This does seem a bar sinister to the report that has doubtless ere this given much joy in Dixie.

bars sinister （ plural ）