seductress

[si-duhk-tris]

noun

1. a woman who seduces.

Gender Note

See -ess.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seductress¹

1795–1805; obsolete sedut ( o ) r (< Late Latin sēductor; seduce, -tor ) + -ess

Example Sentences

Dakota Johnson is my favorite seductress, a femme fatale of a flavor that didn’t exist until she invented it.

From Los Angeles Times

Holding an ax, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.

From Los Angeles Times

Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.

From Los Angeles Times

And that was one of the things that we kind of came up with — “the light switch” is what we called it, of Teri the therapist and Teri the seductress.

From Los Angeles Times

But she has a knack with actors, particularly Jenna Ortega, who plays the lead role of a brainy teen seductress with wit and verve.

From New York Times