adulterer

[ uh-duhl-ter-er ]
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noun
  1. a person who commits adultery.

Origin of adulterer

1
1350–1400; earlier adulter adulterer (<Latin, back formation from adulterāre to defile; see adulterate) + -er1; replacing Middle English avouter, avoutrer<Old French <Latin

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adulterer

/ (əˈdʌltərə) /


noun
  1. a person who has committed adultery

Origin of adulterer

1
C16: originally also adulter, from Latin adulter, back formation from adulterāre to adulterate

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