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tempter

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noun

Etymology: 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.

  1. Someone or something that tempts.
  2. A seducer, especially a man who seduces.

    He is a tempter of married women.