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Adulterer
//əˈdʌltəɹə// noun
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Noun
- 1 One who commits adultery.; A spouse who has sex with a non-spouse. broadly
"Under the canon-law rule, a married participant is an adulterer and an umarried one is a fornicator."
- 2 someone who commits adultery or fornication wordnet
- 3 One who commits adultery.; Someone who cheats on their spouse or monogamous significant other. broadly
"Ashley Madison, so-called for the two most popular girls names, billed itself as the premier destination for adulterers – no judgment, no risks, no strings attached other than the payments required to secure enough “credits” to talk to other users."
- 4 One who commits adultery.; A male adulterer specifically. broadly
"I become an adulterer and remain an adulterer when, by choice, I freely adopt the proposal to have sex with someone other than my wife."
Etymology
From adulter (“to commit adultery”) + -er.
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