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adulterer

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a·dul·ter·er  (-dltr-r)
n.
One who commits adultery.
adulterer or fem adulteress
Noun
a person who has committed adultery
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 or adulteress
noun cheat, (informal) love rat (slang) love cheat (slang) fornicator
Translations
Spanish adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] n → adúltero
French adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] n → homme m adultère
German adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] n → Ehebrecher m
Italian adulterer [əˈdʌltərəʳ] n → adultero
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We see the thief preaching against theft, and the adulterer against adultery.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
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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