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.
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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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