adulterer

noun

adul·ter·er ə-ˈdəl-tər-ər

: a person who commits adultery

especially : a man who commits adultery

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He has never been accused of being an adulterer and then paying off some of the women to keep them quiet. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024 Catherine may be an adulterer and a liar, but this dude dead-dropped you lewd photos of your own wife! —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 On this day in 1894: President Grover Cleveland issued a proclamation pardoning bigamists, adulterers, polygamists and unlawful cohabitants, primarily targeting members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). —

Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024 Primarily a pejorative wielded against bigamists, polygamists, and adulterers, the term could also be applied to, say, members of a community in Oneida, New York, established by the would-be theologian John Humphrey Noyes. —

Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for adulterer

Word History

Etymology

alteration (conformed to Latin adulter) of Middle English advowtrer, avowtrer, advouterer, avouterer, from avouter, avowtier "adulterer" (borrowed from Anglo-French avuiltre, avouter, going back to Latin adulter, noun derivative of adulterāre "to commit adultery with, pollute, adulterate entry 1") + -er -er entry 2