seductress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of seductress
1795–1805; obsolete sedut ( o ) r (< Late Latin sēductor; see seduce, -tor) + -ess
Example Sentences
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But without hints from the announcers, I’d probably guess that Chock was a witch seductress and Bates a young soldier; maybe the routine would read more like a very strange retelling of Macbeth.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2022
White originally read for the part of Blanche DuBois, the legendary seductress played by Rue McClanahan, but at the suggestion of the pilot's director Jay Sandrich, they switched roles.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2021
A ruthless foe and an ancient seductress are among those making life difficult for the newly appointed king of Valusia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2019
The bully during “Julius Caesar”? The seductress during “Macbeth”? At last a body falls.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2017
The contrast between the two leading women, Patricia Devereux, who played the title part, and little Anabel Astor, who played the mercenary seductress, was a piquant source of speculation.
From The Real Adventure by Raymond Moreau Crosby
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