adulteress
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adulteress
- /ə.ˈdʌl.təɹ.ɛs/ US
- [ə.ˈdʌɫ.tʰɚ.ɛs] US
- [ə.ˈdʌɫ.t̠͡ɹɛs] US
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From adulter (noun) + -ess. In later use typically apprehended as the female equivalent corresponding to adulterer instead.
noun adulteresses · adultress
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A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
And the righteous men, they shall iudge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their handes.
Similar: adulterer, advoutress
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noun woman or girl who commits adultery
| Español | adúltera |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | स्वैरिणी svairiṇī |
| Português | adúltera |
| Français | adultère |
| Deutsch | Ehebrecherin |
| Italiano | adultera |
| Ελληνικά | μοιχαλίδα moichalída |
| Română | adulteră |
| Русский | прелюбоде́йка preljubodéjka |
| العربية | زَانِيَة zāniya |
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