Adulteress
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
"And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes."
- 2 a woman adulterer wordnet
Example
More examples"And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes."
Etymology
From adulter (noun) + -ess. In later use typically apprehended as the female equivalent corresponding to adulterer instead.
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