temptress

3 definitions found

temptress - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Temptress \Tempt"ress\, n.
     A woman who entices.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

temptress - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

temptress - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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