Temptress

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "temptress":
     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