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Definition of Adulterer
1. Noun. Someone who commits adultery or fornication.
Specialized synonyms: Adulteress, Fornicatress, Hussy, Jade, Loose Woman, Slut, Strumpet, Trollop, Wencher
Generic synonyms: Debauchee, Libertine, Rounder
Derivative terms: Adultery, Fornicate
Definition of Adulterer
1. n. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.
Definition of Adulterer
1. Noun. One who commits adultery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adulterer
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adulterer
1. 1. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. 2. A man who violates his religious covenant. Origin: Formed fr. The verb adulter, with the E. Ending -er. See Advoutrer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adulterer
Literary usage of Adulterer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords by John Fraser Macqueen (1842)
"Letter of Wife to adulterer referred to as part of the res ... THE petitioner
was a solicitor and the adulterer his articled clerk. ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1919)
"Do you suppose that society means the adulterer shall go unpunished? No. It throws
you upon the law of your heart. There is the repertory of your instincts. ..."
3. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1807)
"... but for the villain and the " adulterer— The perjured and the simular man of
virtue— "the proud, the ambitious, and the murderer "I shall— Leave such to ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Divorce and Matrimonial Jurisdiction Under the Act by John Fraser Macqueen, Great Britain Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (1858)
"Whin a husband petitions he must make alleged adulterer a co- ... Object of citing
the adulterer. (>. When a wife petitions. 7. ..."
5. Sketches of the History of Man: In Four Volumes by Henry Home Kames (1802)
"... Grecian gods were, like men, held capable of doing both of women, and a
notorious adulterer. ..."
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