temptress

American  

[temp-tris] / ˈtɛmp trɪs /

noun

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

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ˈtemptress 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

Making good on her name, Eve is a temptress, but the forbidden knowledge she dangles is that female liberation is part of civil rights.

From Los Angeles Times

He later directed her at the Met, where she sang the title role in a new staging of Bizet's Carmen, portraying the heroine as a "pouty teenager" rather than the sultry temptress of most productions.

From BBC

“Carmen, A Live Drive-In Opera” A humble Spanish soldier falls for a fiery temptress as Opera Santa Barbara stages a stripped-down, one-afternoon-only production of Bizet’s tragic romance.

From Los Angeles Times

Through their story, Miller and Wheeler aim to re-shape the legend of King Arthur by placing women in positions of power as opposed to relegating them to mere objects of desire or sinister temptresses.

From Salon

But websites controlled by Mr. Prigozhin have mocked her as a hysterical temptress, asking in one report: “Who is the chick in a nightdress: Why did Lyubov Sobol undress in a video?”

From New York Times