tempter

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noun

Someone or something that tempts, especially a man that tempts.

“(obsolete)”

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seducerincitersolicitor
OriginMiddle English tempter ← Old French tempter ← Anglo-Norman tempteour →
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Meanings

nountempter (plural tempters)

plural tempters

  1. Someone or something that tempts, especially a man that tempts.

    (obsolete)

    1 more example

    He is a tempter of married women.

    Synonyms: seducer, inciter, solicitor

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomeone or something that tempts, especially a man that tempts.

Similar
seducerincitersolicitor
Also see
incitertemptator

Origin

  1. Middle Englishtempten“to tempt”
  2. Anglo-Normantempteour
  3. Old Frenchtempter
  4. Middle Englishtempter
  5. Englishtempter

From Middle English tempter, temptere, temptour, temptoure, from Old French tempter, temptere, tenteor, Anglo-Norman tempteour, temptur and Middle English tempten (“to tempt”); equivalent to tempt + -er.

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Translations

Bulgarian изкусител, съблазнител
  • изкусител (izkusitel)Someone that tempts
  • съблазнител (săblaznitel)Male seducer
Catalan temptador, temptadora
  • temptadorSomeone that tempts
  • temptadoraSomeone that tempts
  • seductorMale seducer
French tentateur
  • tentateurSomeone that tempts
German Verführer, Versucher
  • VerführerSomeone that tempts
  • VersucherSomeone that tempts
Italian tentatore
  • tentatoreSomeone that tempts
Polish kusiciel, uwodziciel
  • kusicielSomeone that tempts
  • uwodzicielMale seducer

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

retempt
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APA

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Chicago

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