ADULTERER


Meaning of ADULTERER in English

/ əˈdʌltərə(r); NAmE / noun

( formal ) a person who commits adultery

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: from the obsolete verb adulter commit adultery , from Latin adulterare debauch, corrupt, replacing an earlier Middle English noun avouterer , from Old French avoutrer commit adultery.

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