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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Temptress \Tempt"ress\, noun A woman who entices.
She was my temptress, the foul provoker. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
temptress
noun: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: {enchantress}, {siren}, {Delilah}, {femme fatale}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "temptress": Aspasia, Circe, Delilah, Don Juan, Jezebel, Lorelei, Messalina, Parthenope, Phryne, Siren, Thais, adventuress, charmer, coquette, courtesan, demimondaine, demimonde, demirep, enchanter, enchantress, enticer, femme fatale, flirt, fox, harem girl, hetaera, houri, inveigler, man-eater, odalisque, seducer, seductress, siren, sorceress, teaser, tempter, vamp, vampire
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