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Ambidexter definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AM'BIDEXTER, n. [L. ambo, both, and dexter, the right hand.]
1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility.
2. A double dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [This sense is used in ludicrous language.]
3. In law, a juror who takes money of both parties, for giving his verdict; an embracer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambidexter 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ambidexter 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.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant, or that goes snacks with both parties in gaming.