temptress

American  

[temp-tris] / ˈtɛmp trɪs /

noun

temptresses plural

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• temptresses
  plural

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

“Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy : Four Women Undercover in the Civil War,” author Karen Abbott discusses her nonfiction work that profiles the wartime characters who changed the direction of its outcome.

From Washington Post

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