adulterer

noun

adul·​ter·​er ə-ˈdəl-tər-ər 

: a person who commits adultery

especially : a man who commits adultery

Examples of adulterer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Being bisexual does not make a person an adulterer. —Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024

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

First Known Use

circa 1506, in the meaning defined above