"seducer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-seducer.wav Forms: seducers [plural]
Etymology: From seduce + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|seduce|-er|id2=agent noun}} seduce + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} seducer (plural seducers)
  1. Someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman. Categories (topical): People Related terms: seductress Translations (someone who seduces, especially a man who seduces a woman): прелъстител (prelǎstitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), svůdce [masculine] (Czech), séducteur [masculine] (French), séductrice [feminine] (French), Verführer [masculine] (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (airzjands) [masculine] (Gothic), sēductor [masculine] (Latin), sēductrix [feminine] (Latin), corruptor [masculine] (Latin), corruptrix [feminine] (Latin), заводник (zavodnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaiwhakawai wahine (Maori), dêbaûcheux [masculine] (Norman), Vefiera [masculine] (Plautdietsch), uwodziciel [masculine] (Polish), sedutor [masculine] (Portuguese), соблазни́тель (soblaznítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), искуситель (iskusitelʹ) (Russian), malamuyot (Tagalog)

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