Ăm'/bi-dĕx'ter, n.
n. [L. Lat., from Lat. ambō, both, and dexter, right, dextra (sc. manus), the right hand; Fr. & Pr. ambidextre.]
Sense 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. Browne.
Sense 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.
Sense 3. (Law.) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell.