[a. L. adulterātor a corrupter; n. of agent f. adulterā-re; see ADULTER v.]
† 1. One who defiles by adultery; an adulterer. Obs.
1632. Heywood, Iron Age, II. IV. i. 411. The adulterator of his Soueraignes bed.
2. One who falsifies, corrupts or debases anything by spurious additions or admixtures.
1678. Cudworth, Intell. Syst., 17. The depravers and adulterators of the atomical philosophy.
1870. Echo, 7 Feb. The Board of Commerce of Delft tried to combat the adulterators, and for that purpose sent real butter of good quality to England.
