What does adulterer mean?

Definitions for adulterer
əˈdʌl tər əradul·ter·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. adulterer, fornicatornoun

    someone who commits adultery or fornication

Wiktionary

  1. adulterernoun

    One who commits adultery

  2. Etymology: From the obsolete verb.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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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  1. 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

  1. Adulterernoun

    a man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife

  2. Adulterernoun

    a man who violates his religious covenant

  3. Etymology: [Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending -er. See Advoutrer.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of adulterer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of adulterer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of adulterer in a Sentence

  1. Ashton Kutcher:

    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.

  2. Ashton Kutcher:

    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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