tempter

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tempter

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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.

noun tempters

Someone or something that tempts, especially a man that tempts. (obsolete)
Similar: seducer, inciter, solicitor

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noun Someone that tempts

Français	tentateur
Deutsch	Verführer, Versucher
Italiano	tentatore

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@misc{tempter_2026,
  title = {tempter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tempter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}