"fornicator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɔː(ɹ).nɪ.keɪ.tə(ɹ)/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fornicator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fornicators [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fornicatour, from Medieval Latin fornicātor. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fornicatour}} Middle English fornicatour, {{der|en|ML.|fornicātor}} Medieval Latin fornicātor Head templates: {{en-noun}} fornicator (plural fornicators)
  1. An unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse, especially when considered to be of an illicit or illegal nature. Wikipedia link: en:fornicator Categories (topical): People, Sex Synonyms: fornicatour [obsolete] Related terms: fornicatress, fornicatresses [feminine, rare], fornicatrix, fornicatrices [feminine, rare] Translations (unmarried person who engages in sexual intercourse): زَانٍ (zānin) (Arabic), ontuchtige [common-gender] (Dutch), fornicateur [masculine] (French), forniqueur [masculine] (French), fornicatrice [feminine] (French), Hurenbock [masculine] (German), Hurer [masculine] (German), Hure [feminine] (German), Unzuchtsünder [masculine] (German), Unzuchtsünderin [feminine] (German), Unzüchtiger [masculine] (German), Unzüchtige [feminine] (German), táthach [masculine] (Irish), fornicador [masculine] (Spanish), fornicario [masculine] (Spanish), horbock [common-gender] (Swedish)

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