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adulterer

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a·dul·ter·er  (-dltr-r)
n.
One who commits adultery.
adulterer [əˈdʌltərə]
n
a person who has committed adultery
[originally also adulter, from Latin adulter, back formation from adulterāre to adulterate]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adulterer - someone who commits adultery or fornication
fornicator
adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, loose woman, strumpet, trollop, slut, jade - a woman adulterer
debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
wencher - someone who patronizes prostitutes
adulterer adulteress
noun cheat (informal), love rat (Journalistic slang), love cheat (Journalistic slang), fornicator He was portrayed as an adulterer and a vain fool.
Translations
adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] N → adúltero m
adulterer [əˈdʌltərər] n → adultère mf
adulterer
n → Ehebrecher m
adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] n → adultero


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We see the thief preaching against theft, and the adulterer against adultery.
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In their gamesome but still serious way, one whispers to the other --"Jack, he's robbed a widow;" or,"Joe, do you mark him; he's a bigamist;" or,"Harry lad, I guess he's the adulterer that broke jail in old Gomorrah, or belike, one of the missing murderers from Sodom.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
I am an adulterer, a murderer, a blasphemer, and a deceiver.
Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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