Tempter
['tem(p)tə]
Definition
(noun.) a person who tempts others; 'Satan is the great tempter of mankind'.
Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who tempts or entices; especially, Satan, or the Devil, regarded as the great enticer to evil.
Checked by Hank
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Seducer, prompter, instigator, Siren, Circe, Satan.
Typist: Rosanna
Examples
- The tempter merely lifted his eyebrows; but the whelp was obliged to go on. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Away, tempter, I scorn thy gold! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Tempter, said Rebecca, begone! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As he rode through the night with Channa, it seemed to him that Mara, the Tempter of Mankind, filled the sky and disputed with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But he lent an attentive ear to the tempter, and sent agents into Greece. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The tempter stood by him, too,--blinded by furious, despotic will,--every moment pressing him to shun that agony by the betrayal of the innocent. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Orville