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adulterer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun adulterer has 1 sense
- adulterer(n = noun.person) fornicator - someone who commits adultery or fornication; Array has particulars: adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop, wencher
is a kind of debauchee, libertine, rounder
Derived form noun adultery1
CIDE DICTIONARY
adulterer, n. [Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending -er. See Advoutrer.].
- A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. [1913 Webster]
- A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adulterer, n. (fem. adulteress) a person who commits adultery.
Etymology
obs. adulter (v.) f. OF avoutrer f. L adulterare: see ADULTERATE
ROGET THESAURUS
adulterer
Libertine
N libertine, voluptuary, rake, debauchee, loose fish, rip, rakehell, fast man, intrigant, gallant, seducer, fornicator, lecher, satyr, goat, whoremonger, paillard, adulterer, gay deceiver, Lothario, Don Juan, Bluebeard, chartered libertine, adulteress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, woman, woman of the town, streetwalker, Cyprian, miss, piece, frail sisterhood, demirep, wench, trollop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, minx, harridan, unfortunate, unfortunate female, unfortunate woman, woman of easy virtue, wanton, fornicatress, Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah, Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette, demimonde, chippy, sapphist, spiritual wife, white slave, concubine, mistress, doxy, chere amie, bona roba, pimp, procurer, pander, pandar, bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel, wittol.
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