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Definitions for adulterer
əˈdʌl tər əradul·ter·er
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Princeton's WordNet
adulterer, fornicatornoun
someone who commits adultery or fornication
Wiktionary
adulterernoun
One who commits adultery
Etymology: From the obsolete verb.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Adulterernoun
The person guilty of adultery.
Etymology: adulter, Lat.
With what impatience must the muse behold,
The wife by her procuring husband sold;
For tho’ the law makes null th’ adulterer’s deed
Of lands to her, the cuckold may succeed. John Dryden, Juvenal.
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adulterer
An adulterer is an individual who is married and voluntarily engages in sexual intercourse with someone other than their spouse, thus breaching their marital commitment. This act is often considered morally and, in some jurisdictions, legally wrong.
Webster Dictionary
Adulterernoun
a man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife
Adulterernoun
a man who violates his religious covenant
Etymology: [Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending -er. See Advoutrer.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of adulterer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of adulterer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of adulterer in a Sentence
I’m also probably the first person to get this award for character who had his name splashed across every gossip magazine as an adulterer like five years ago.
Character comes when those magazines tear you apart for something you may or may not have done, and you’ve got to go out and perform tomorrow with everyone looking at you like you might be an adulterer.
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Translations for adulterer
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- прелюбодеецBulgarian
- adúlterCatalan, Valencian
- cizoložníkCzech
- horkarlDanish
- EhebrecherGerman
- adultuloEsperanto
- adúlteroSpanish
- adultèreFrench
- adhaltrachIrish
- adhaltraicheScottish Gaelic
- adúlteroGalician
- házasságtörőHungarian
- adultero, adulteraItalian
- overspeligeDutch
- cudzołożnica, cudzołożnikPolish
- adúlteroPortuguese
- прелюбодейRussian
- préljubnica, préljubnīkSerbo-Croatian
- נואףYiddish
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