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Meaning of AMBIDEXTER

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Am"bi*dex"ter\, a. [LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter
    right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand.]
    Using both hands with equal ease. --Smollett.
    
  2. \Am`bi*dex"ter\, n.
    1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
    2. 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.
    3. (Law) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving
       his verdict. --Cowell.
    
 

 

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