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Ambidexter

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AMBIDEXTER. It is intended by this Latin word, to designate one who plays on both sides; in a legal sense it is taken for a juror or embraceor who takes money from the parties for giving his verdict. This is seldom or never done in the United States.
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The fraudulent lawyers Avarus and Ambidexter and the servant Roger, especially in the interpolated passage in the 1573 edition, where Roger contemplates a criminal career, invoke the popular rogue literature of the 1550s and 1560s.
The healing dialogues of doctor Bullein by Maslen, R.W. / Yearbook of English Studies
If he was not born a tyrant, Cambises is clearly shown to be predisposed to behave like a tyrant, and the Vice Ambidexter brings Cambises' wicked qualities to the fore.
'Whosoever resisteth shall get to themselfes dampnacioun': tyranny ... by Ward, Allyna / Yearbook of English Studies
 
 
 
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