TEMPTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tempter mean? 

• TEMPTER (noun)
  The noun TEMPTER has 1 sense:

1. a person who tempts others

  Familiarity information: TEMPTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who tempts others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

Satan is the great tempter of mankind

Hypernyms ("tempter" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

tempt (induce into action by using one's charm)

tempt (provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion)

tempt (try presumptuously)

tempt (dispose or incline or entice to)

tempt (give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting)

tempt (try to seduce)