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Temptress definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEMPT'RESS, n. A female who entices.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1594 a woman who tempts or entices

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Temptress Tempt"ress, n. A woman who entices. She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W. Scott.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(temptresses) If you describe a woman as a temptress, you mean that she uses her female charm to encourage men to have sexual relations with her. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Aspasia, Circe, Delilah, Don Juan, Jezebel, Lorelei, Messalina, Parthenope, Phryne, Siren, Thais, adventuress, charmer, coquette, courtesan, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, enchanter, enchantress, enticer, femme fatale, flirt, fox, harem girl, hetaera, houri, inveigler, man-eater, odalisque, seducer, seductress, siren, sorceress, teaser, tempter, vamp, vampire