seducer

noun

Definition of seducernext
as in tempter
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire fabled as a land of endless opportunity, California continues to be a seducer of dreamers and doers

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  1. tempter
  2. siren
  3. solicitor
  4. temptress
Noun
  • Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.
    Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2020
Definition of tempter
Noun
  • From their house, Michael and Beth heard the ambulance drive away without the sirens on and rushed over to be at Neda’s side.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Switching the siren off Thankfully, the business world has woken up to the idea that mental health is not merely a personal issue.
    AllBusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of siren
Noun
  • In Cambria County outside Pittsburgh, there were reports of malfunctions with voting machines that the county solicitor confirmed was the result of a software glitch.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Two members of the victims' family also watched along with solicitor Barry Barnette, who was on the prosecution team that convicted Moore.
    JEFFREY COLLINS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of solicitor
Noun
  • Indeed, the movie’s sexiest scene finds our temptress entering Kei’s room and wordlessly taking nude photos of herself on his bed.
    Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 22 Sep. 2024
  • On television in the 1960s, Rowlands played the deaf-mute wife of a detective in the NBC series 87th Precinct and was the temptress Adrienne Van Leyden on ABC’s Peyton Place.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of temptress
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