temptress

American  

[temp-tris] / ˈtɛmp trɪs /

noun

1. a woman who tempts, entices, or allures.

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temptress British  

/ ˈtɛmptrɪs /

noun

1. a woman who sets out to allure or seduce a man or men; seductress

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of temptress

First recorded in 1585–95; tempt(e)r + -ess

Example Sentences

Karen Abbott is the author, most recently, of “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2018

Hoppert: The sire of this third-place Preakness finisher is Curlin, who had stamina and speed, and his dam is Temptress, by Tapit.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2018

Temptress, lover, sufferer, scrapper — those have been Ms. Manson’s personae since Garbage started in 1995.

From New York Times • May 23, 2012

His next novel, to follow The Temptress, has already been published in Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there is the recent case of Temptress, a fifteen-year-old girl whose misdeeds landed her in Albany County Family Court in New York.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt