Meanings
plural seducers
- Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman.
But Ted Farrell couldn't stop; that armful of active girl was too much for the wise precautions of a seducer. He kept panting, "Don't be a nark, Cora," while struggling to hold her down.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 1701 more example
Knox takes us through the lives of memorable seducers and their critics, in sometimes academic and sometimes rococo prose dappled with doges, coups de foudre, rakes, bawds, coquettes, coxcombs and procuresses — with guest appearances by members of the Frankfurt School sunning themselves in La Jolla.
2020 April 2, Alex Kuczynski, “Philanderers, Predators and Pickup Artists: A History”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna man who takes advantage of women
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian прелъстител
- прелъстител (prelăstitel)someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Czech svůdce
- svůdcesomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
French séducteur, séductrice
- séducteursomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- séductricesomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
German Verführer
- Verführersomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Hindi मोहन
- मोहन (mohan)someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Irish mealltóir
- mealltóirsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Latin sēductor, sēductrix
- sēductorsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- sēductrixsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- corruptorsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- corruptrixsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Māori kaiwhakawai wahine
- kaiwhakawai wahinesomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Polish uwodziciel
- uwodzicielsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Portuguese sedutor
- sedutorsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Russian соблазни́тель, искуситель
- соблазни́тель (soblaznítelʹ)someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
- искуситель (iskusitelʹ)someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Tagalog malamuyot
- malamuyotsomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
Turkish ayartıcı
- ayartıcısomeone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman
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Cite this entry
seducer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seducer
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