AMBIDEXTER

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett.

2.
n.

A person who uses both hands with equal facility.

3.
n.

Hence; A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton.

4.
n.

A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell.

← AMBES-AS A — all words AMBIDEXTERITY →
Browse all “A” words Find “AMBIDEXTER” in other definitions

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.