seductress

noun

se·​duc·​tress si-ˈdək-trəs How to pronounce seductress (audio)
: a woman who seduces

Examples of seductress in a Sentence

in the movie she played Cleopatra, one of history's most famous seductresses
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Catherine is a tease, a seductress — a teenager’s wet dream and a mother’s worst nightmare. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024 The problem is that she’s cast herself in the part of a 16-year-old seductress. Kathryn Vandervalk, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024 But in the diary, Kennedy also painted himself as the victim of seductresses, the Daily Beast’s Lazarus said. Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024 Walsh portrays Charlie, a woman struggling to regain her sense of self and security following a miscarriage, with Stojan as Naomi, a seductress painter with a dark secret. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seductress 

Word History

Etymology

obsolete seductor male seducer, from Late Latin, from seducere to seduce

First Known Use

1802, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of seductress was in 1802

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“Seductress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seductress. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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seductress

noun
se·​duc·​tress si-ˈdək-trəs How to pronounce seductress (audio)
: a woman who seduces
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