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Adulterer

A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.

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Narrower term 8

Adulteress 76% connected

A woman who commits adultery.

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Fornicatress 76% connected

A woman guilty of fornication.

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Hussy 76% connected

A housewife or housekeeper.

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Jade 76% connected

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamenta…

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Slut 76% connected

An untidy woman; a slattern.

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Strumpet 76% connected

A prostitute; a harlot.

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Trollop 76% connected

A stroller; a loiterer; esp., an idle, untidy woman; a slattern; a slut; a whore.

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Wencher 76% connected

One who wenches; a lewd man.

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Broader term 3

Debauchee 76% connected

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

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Libertine 76% connected

A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

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Rounder 76% connected

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

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Adultery 74% connected

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual inter…

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Adultery 74% connected

The unfaithfulness of a married person to the marriage bed; sexual intercourse by a married man with another than his wife, or voluntary sexual inter…

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Synonym 1

Fornicator 92% connected

An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.

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