"tempter" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tempter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tempters [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tempter}} Middle English tempter, {{m|enm|temptere}} temptere, {{m|enm|temptour}} temptour, {{m|enm|temptoure}} temptoure, {{der|en|fro|tempter}} Old French tempter, {{m|fro|temptere}} temptere, {{m|fro|tenteor}} tenteor, {{der|en|xno|tempteour}} Anglo-Norman tempteour, {{m|xno|temptur}} temptur, {{der|en|enm|tempten|t=to tempt}} Middle English tempten (“to tempt”), {{affix|en|tempt|-er|id2=agent noun}} tempt + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} tempter (plural tempters)
  1. Someone or something that tempts. Translations (Someone that tempts): изкусител (izkusitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), temptador [masculine] (Catalan), temptadora [feminine] (Catalan), tentateur [masculine] (French), Verführer (German), Versucher (German), tentatore [masculine] (Italian), kusiciel [masculine, person] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tempter-en-noun-5fB-EoKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Someone that tempts': 82 18
  2. A seducer, especially a man who seduces. Categories (topical): People Translations (Male seducer): съблазнител (sǎblaznitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), seductor [masculine] (Catalan), uwodziciel [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tempter-en-noun--cGpZ2e3 Disambiguation of People: 3 97 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 44 56 Disambiguation of 'Male seducer': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: temptress

Inflected forms

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