Search results
noun. adul· ter· ess ə-ˈdəl-t (ə-)rəs. variants or less commonly adultress. ə-ˈdəl-trəs. : a woman who commits adultery. Examples of adulteress in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Klytemnestra is no longer a power-hungry adulteress but a generic grieving mother.
noun. a woman who has committed adultery. Discover More. Gender Note. What's the difference between adulteress and adulterer? See -ess. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of adulteress 1. First recorded in 1350–1400; adulter (er) + -ess; replacing Middle English avoutresse. Discover More. Example Sentences.
noun [ C ] uk / əˈdʌl.tə.rəs / us / əˈdʌl.tɚ.əs / Add to word list. a married woman who has sex with someone who is not her husband or wife. Compare. adulterer. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Marriage, cohabitation & other relationships. affinal. as husband and wife idiom. be an item idiom. be shacked up idiom. civil marriage.
noun. a woman guilty of adultery. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. adulteress in American English. (əˈdʌltərɪs, -trɪs) noun. a woman who commits adultery. USAGE See -ess. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Adulteress - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com. adulteress. /əˈdʌltərəs/ IPA guide. Other forms: adulteresses. Definitions of adulteress. noun. a woman adulterer. synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, strumpet, trollop. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Adulteress."
noun. /əˈdʌltərəs/ (old-fashioned) a woman who commits adultery. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. See adulteress in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: adulteress.
1 ENTRIES FOUND: adulteress (noun) adulteress /ə ˈ dʌltərəs/ noun. plural adulteresses. Britannica Dictionary definition of ADULTERESS. [count] : a married woman who has sex with a man who is not her husband : a woman who commits adultery. ADULTERESS meaning: a married woman who has sex with a man who is not her husband a woman who commits ...
