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ambidexter

UK/ambɪˈdɛkstə/

ambidexter noun: someone who is ambidextrous.

Noun

ambidexter (plural ambidexters)

  1. Someone who is ambidextrous.
    Synonyms:
    ambi, amby
  2. (archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
    • But the thing which in eminent instances signalizes so exceptional a nature is this: though the man's even temper and discreet bearing would seem to intimate a mind peculiarly subject to the law of reason, not the less in his heart he would seem to riot in complete exemption from that law, having...1888–1891, Herman Melville, “(please specify |chapter=I to XXVI)”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC
  3. (broadly) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
    • One takes upon him temperence, holiness […], whenas indeed he, and he, and he, and the rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, outsides, so many turning pictures, a lion on one side, a lamb on the other., New York Review of Books, 2001, p.65

Adjective

ambidexter (not comparable)

  1. Ambidextrous.
    • He then changed his battery, and being ambidexter, raised such a clatter upon the turnkey’s blind side, that this hero, believing him left-handed, converted his attention that way, and opposed the unenlightened side of his face to the right hand of Pipes […]1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

ambidexter meaning in Tamil

ambidexter in Tamil

இருகைகளையும் ஒரேவகையாக ஆளக்கூடியஹ்ர், இருவேறு செயலடையவர், பித்தலாட்டஞ்செய்பவர், இரண்டகமான

Synonyms of ambidexter

Forms of ambidexter

pluralambidexters
alternative formambodexter

Origin of ambidexter

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ambidexter, from Latin ambi- + dexter.

Words formed from ambidexter

Questions about ambidexter

What does ambidexter mean?
Ambidexter means someone who is ambidextrous.
What is ambidexter in Tamil?
Ambidexter in Tamil is இருகைகளையும் ஒரேவகையாக ஆளக்கூடியஹ்ர், இருவேறு செயலடையவர், பித்தலாட்டஞ்செய்பவர். See Ambidexter meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ambidexter?
Ambidexter can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ambidexter?
Ambidexter is pronounced /ambɪˈdɛkstə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ambidexter?
The plural of ambidexter is ambidexters.

Words near ambidexter in the dictionary

  1. ambiating
  2. ambices
  3. ambidensovirus
  4. ambidensoviruses
  5. ambident
  6. ambidexter
  7. ambidexterities
  8. ambidexterity
  9. ambidexterous
  10. ambidexters
  11. ambidextral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ambidexter (page history and authors); ambidexter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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