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Definition of seductress noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

seductress

noun

/sɪˈdʌktrəs/

/sɪˈdʌktrəs/

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a woman who seduces somebody; a female seducer
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from obsolete seductor ‘male seducer’, from seducere, from se- ‘away, apart’ + ducere ‘to lead’.

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