tempter
nounEtymology 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, especially a man that tempts.
- (obsolete)
- He is a tempter of married women.
- Related terms
- temptress