Dictionary entry

Ambidexter (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.