adulterer

C2+ Topic:People & Society
US /əˈdʌltərər/ UK /əˈdʌltərə/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who engages in extramarital sexual relations

    In the novel, the adulterer is consumed by guilt.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who engages in... cheaterphilandererfornicatorparamour
Word family
Related forms adulteryadulterousadulteress

Etymology

An altered form of Middle English avouter, from Old French avoutre, remodelled on Latin adulter ('adulterer'), from adulterare ('to commit adultery'), from ad- ('to') + alter ('other').

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