seductress

American  

[si-duhk-tris] / sɪˈdʌk trɪs /

noun

1. a woman who seduces.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of seductress

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

Example Sentences

In “Autumn Meeting,” a Budapest seductress beguiles an out-of-work jockey with romantic tales of love spurned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But most are terrible at playing to it, like the seductress who draws Gerry into a laughing exercise that makes it seem like she's escaped from an asylum.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2023

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

“My friend,” one seductress says to her besotted mark, “I think it’s time someone told you: You are not as special as you think you are.”

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2020

She gave the Emperor the letters of Anicius, which spoke of the seductress, of her manifold arts, of the secret passage to her chamber, and of the turning statue.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Dahn, Felix